New Jersey Kayaking

Your Old Trips

Drag-and-drop your trip file on this map
( 40.15000, -74.65000 )

If you have a saved trip recorded on a GPS device (like most cell phones) you can drag-and-drop the file onto many of the maps in this website, like the one above, and it will be rendered. These files are not uploaded or saved, everything happens in your web browser. The following formats are supported:

.gpx - GPS Exchange Format ( most GPS devices )
.geojson / .topojson
.kml - Keyhole Markup Language ( Google Earth )

Note: Drag-and-drop does not work with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Go figure.

November 5, 2024

New Maps

November 5, 2024

After Google sent me a bill for their map service, I decided to switch to OpenLayers maps, which are free. And I quickly came to like them better. At first, I thought the satellite imagery was neat, but it turns out that often things are hidden under trees. Also, the coordinates on the satellite imagery are less-than-accurate. Google's street maps are also less-than-accurate, and also less-than-informative, lacking accurate borders and labels ( although they do have lots of advertising! )

As I got the hang of OpenLayers, I started to redo a lot of things and simplify, getting rid of a lot of stuff I had done to make up for the shortcomings of Google Maps. OpenLayers maps look a lot like USGS quadrangles, and don't need a lot of help, just zoom in and there is a wealth of information. Google's maps are also strongly colored, which makes it difficult at times to do anything with them. OpenLayers uses nice muted colors that are easy to write over.

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