FAQ
- How often do the maps update?
- What is a POI Marker
- Elevation is showing zero for all or some points
- Can someone change my route once I save it as a permalink?
- I don’t remember the permalink ID, can I get it back?
- How do I move the map? There are no buttons.
- When I save a route as a permalink can other people see it?
Here is a Yahoo! developer’s answer to this question: “There is no hard and fast rule to this. Updating and rolling out new imagery data is an ongoing process because of the level of effort and cost involved with updating this imagery. For the most part much of the imagery data is 2 years old or less … but this is just a rough number.”
POI stands for “Point of Interest”. Use button this to place a marker on the map that will allow you to enter some text that points to a specific location. A maximum of 500 characters can be entered. You can also change the color of the “pin head”. When you save a permalink, it will remember if the window for the marker is open or closed. Clicking on the pin head will toggle the window open or closed.
Why is elevation showing zero for all or some points?
We are using a third party service for determining elevation. Sometimes the service is down and sends back nothing but zero. In this case, you will have to try again later to see the elevation data. Sometimes the data that comes back is fine with the odd value which is zero (and is obviously incorrect). This may throw off the scale of the chart and can be fixed by clicking the point on the elevation graph so it re-queries the elevation database.
Can someone change my route once I save it as a permalink?
No. Not even you can. If you load a saved map, change it and then save it again, you will be given a brand new permalink. Now you have two.
I don’t remember the permalink ID, can I get it back?
You can now use Search to find saved routes.
How do I move the map, there are no buttons?
Click and drag on the map itself will move the map. The tiles may take a moment to fill in as new images are downloaded from the server. A single click without moving will create a point on the map.
When I save a route as a permalink can other people see it?
If you are signed in, you have the option of making your saved routes public or private. A private route will not show up in search results and is only viewable by the user who created it. The default setting is public. Personal information about a route (username, first name, last namce etc) will not be shown with public routes, however the location, description and tags will be viewable.
If you are not signed in, any route you save will be public.
