ver 2.9.14

Elevation above the 49th parallel (Canada) in North America is now working again.

I have made a few more tweeks to point functionality and distance text color.

The main update today is the addition of milestone markers. This is simply a dot that is placed on your route every whole mile (or km).

We have tweeked the rollover state of the points, trying to achieve the right combination of usability and visibility.

Last Night Yahoo! quietly updated their map tiles. If you zoom out you will see topographic features. Very nice. They have also upgraded the geocoding, which means you may need to be more precise when you enter an address in. For exmaple, St. Albert does not work anymore for me, but St. Albert Canada does.

Version 2.9.5 has a few new things.

The biggest new feature is the Photo point of interest marker. Click on the camera icon and a dialog box will appear. You have two options: 1) enter a URL for a picture hosted somewhere; or 2) select a public photo from your Flickr account (http://www.flickr.com is free to use). Runningmap will not store your photos, just a URL to them.

Another thing that is new is the second row or buttons has been made into icon buttons with tool tip rollovers. This allows for more descriptive instructions. There are many other minor tweeks and fixes.

Unfortunately elevation outside of the USA is still unavailable. We are working on that.

2.7.55

Today I added a colour picker that allows you to change the colour of the route lines. The line colours do not get saved to a permalink, but will be remembered as a preference on your computer. Map view and satellite view will be remembered as separate values.

ver 2.7.54

I fixed a bug where the mileage text did not change to white when in Satellite view. Two new features:

1) clicking on a elevation point on the elevation chart will cause the map to center on the corresponding marker on the map.

2) if a point on the elevation chart is red and the points to the right have updated, then this point has probably recieved bad data. Also, if an elevation point is at an elevation of 0 and is obviously wrong, this point also recieved bad data. Clicking on the point will requery for the elevation of this point.

version 2.7.38

We have corrected a couple bugs that were causing the routes to “drift” if you dragged the map then changed view type, or when resizing the browser window after drawing a route. It was a redraw issue that appeared after Yahoo! made some changes on their end.

We also optimized the route routines further. Long routes will redraw more quickly when you zoom or change view type.

We have added POI (point of Interest) Markers and a print button. Also reappearing is the distance toggle.

Also there has been some optimizing to the undo and “delete point” features. For long routes with many points these features should be much snappier.

A new slider for changing the zoom level was added.

- Some buttons were moved around.
- Logo was updated with a modified version.
- Minor change made to the elevation chart.
- Route dots are smaller and route lines are semi-transparent
- Thumb graphic added to elevation top border (did you know you can drag it to resize?)

Permalink window expanded to capture more information which will make it easier to search against in the future.

Your preference for units type (miles vs. km) will be remembered.