What's New at Peakware?

New Look, New Feel, New Features

Returning Peakware visitors may have noticed that the site now has a new look and feel. This includes many new features, including the following:

  • New, cleaner and simpler navigation menu. Everything related to peaks (including photos, maps, summit logs, and routes), plus the Highest Peaks, Custom Search, and Add-a-Peak features, is now contained under the Peaks menu. screen shot of the navigation menu
  • Larger Google maps, making it easier to navigate, explore, see relationships between peaks, and plan approach routes. Terrain map of Mount Whitney, showing the route to the summit, with markers for key landmarks along the route
  • New support for climbing routes. Users can upload a GPX file, and their route is shown on a Google Map, plotted on an elevation grid (coming soon), and made available for other users to download.
  • Support for the Google Earth plug-in. Just click on the Earth button on any Google Map, to explore a 3D version of that map. Most maps additionally include a downloable KML file that can be used to display the same map data in the fully featured Google Earth software application. screen shot of a 3D satellite view of Mount Kilimanjaro, as seen in the Google Earth plug-in
  • Improved Add-a-Peak feature, that now uses Google Maps to make it easier for users to confirm the accuracy of latitude and longitude of the peaks they're submitting.
  • Improved "Highest Peaks" lists, supplemented with Google Maps.
  • Improved photo gallery. To explore photos for any peak, just navigate to the home page for that peak, then select Photos. screen shot of the Mount Everest photo gallery, showing an organized collection of thumbnail photos
  • Profile pages for users. Over 10,000 people have contributed to Peakware over the years by sharing photos, signing Summit Logs, and adding new peaks. Now each user's contributions can be consolidated onto a single home page, customizable by that person. Each person can also collect and display the peaks they've climbed, the peaks they plan to climb, and their favorite features from the Peakware site. All of this is individually customizable.
  • RSS feeds. Virtually everything you see on Peakware can be accessed via RSS. You can subscribe to the entire site, which gives you updates whenever new content is added; or you can subscribe to updates related to a particular peak. If you're on a page that supports RSS, you'll find the standard RSS symbol in your browser's address bar. the RSS symbol

You'll find additional improvements as you use the site, and there are still more new features on the way. Thank you for your contributions, and for helping to make Peakware a one-of-a-kind resource for exploring and celebrating the world's high places.

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