Sunday, December 4, 2011

Gerlitzen, Glacier 3000 - 10+ new resorts added

We are pleased to announce that we've added support for the following new ski resorts in the app. As usual, all the data is GPS accurate.

Switzerland
  • Villars-Gryon-Diablerets-Glacier-3000: This is also available under resort complex covering Villars, Gryon, Les Diablerets &Glacier-3000
  • Engadin-Scuol
  • Wildhaus-Toggenburg
Austria
  • Sonnenkopf (Klosterle): This is also included as part of St. Anton Lech Zurs resort complex.
  • Radstadt-Altenmarkt: This is also included in Salzburge Sportwelt resort complex.
  • Pitztaler-Gletscher
  • Gerlitzen
  • Wildkogel (Neukirchen-Bramberg)
  • Jerzens-Hochzeiger

Italy
  • Vigiljoch: This is also included as part of Ortler ski arena resort complex.
France
  • Devoluy (Superdevoluy-La Joue du Loup)
To download the new resorts, please do the following:
  • From homescreen select Add Maps+
  • On Android and blackberry phones, press the menu button and select Refresh. On iPhone touch the refresh button on the top right.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

US/Canada resorts updated - Vail, Squaw & more

We continue to update the data for the ski resorts as they open for the 2011-12 ski season. We've updated the data for the following ski resorts over the weekend. Please re-download the data for the following ski resorts to get the updates.

To download the updates, please do the following:

  • From homescreen of the app, select Add Maps+
  • Select the resort you want to download and select 'Yes' when prompted

  • Beaver Creek
  • Buttermilk
  • Copper Mountain
  • Loveland
  • Vail
  • Winter Park
  • Heavenly
  • Kirkwood
  • Mammoth
  • Northstar at Tahoe
  • Squaw Valley USA
  • Park City Mountain
  • The Canyons
  • Mt Hood Meadows
  • Summit at Snoqualmie
  • Whitefish Big Mountain
  • Loon Mountain
  • Killington
  • Sugarloaf
  • Stratton
  • Kicking Horse
  • Mt Washington
  • Timberline Lodge
  • Mt Snow
  • Marmot Basin
  • Cannon Mountain
  • Gore Mountain
  • Holiday Valley
  • Hunter Mountain

Friday, November 4, 2011

New resorts added to Gps Ski Maps

We are pleased to announce that we've added support for the following new ski resorts in the app. As usual, all the data is GPS accurate.

California
  • Dodge Ridge

Utah
  • Brian Head, Utah.

Western Canada
  • Whitewater
  • Castle Mountain, AB

Northwest
  • Mission Ridge
  • White Pass

NorthEast
  • Elk Mountain
  • Le Massif, QC


To download the new resorts, please do the following:

  • From homescreen select Add Maps+
  • On Android and blackberry phones, press the menu button and select Refresh. On iPhone touch the refresh button on the top right.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

GPs Ski App now available for iPhone.

On popular demand, we've released the Gps Ski Maps app for the iPhone. The app requires iOS version 4.0 or higher.

The app version is currently available for the following two regions (iTunes link below):

The iPhone app also supports our most popular feature (run by run analysis/stats) amongst others. We are excited to be on iOS. We will be providing more updates as the app gets approved for other regions.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Create waypoints by manually entering location coordinates

We've updated TopoSports to version 5.1. This version has the ability to create waypoints by manually entering the latitude, longitude coordinates of the point.

To create a waypoint this way, do the following:

  • Press menu and select "New WayPoint"
  • Check the box that says "Enter coordinates" and select "Ok".
  • Enter the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point and click/touch "Save".

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Gps Ski Maps - now available for Australia/New Zealand & Chile/Argentina.

We are pleased to announce that we've just released Gps Ski Maps covering following regions in southern hemisphere. This makes us the first app to offer GPS accurate ski resort data with built in trail analytics for these regions.

The app supports most of the popular ski resorts in these regions. You can find the list of all ski resorts supported by the app here. If you do not see your favorite ski resort, please feel free to email us.

  • New Zealand

    • Cardrona
    • Turoa (Mt Ruapehu)
    • Whakapapa (Mt Ruapehu)
    • Treble Cone
    • Coronet Peak
    • The Remarkables
    • Mt Hutt

  • Australia

    • Thredbo
    • Perisher
    • Hotham
    • Falls Creek
  • Argentina

    • Catedral Alta Patagonia (Bariloche)
    • Las Lena
    • Chapelco

  • Chile

    • Portillo
    • Termas de Chillan (Nevados de Chillan)
    • Three Valleys (Chile) (Valle Nevado, El Colorado, La Parva)


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

TopoSports - now with GPS accurate digital zoom.

We've released a new update (version 4.5 of the app) that adds digital zoom. This update adds an additional layer of zoom to the existing topo quads.

To enable digital zoom, please do the following:

  • From HomeScreen of the app, select Options
  • Check the box that says "Enable digital zoom" and click "Save".

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Ischgl-Samnaun, Nakiska and new resorts.....

On popular demand, we've added the following new ski resorts in Gps Ski Maps:

  • Ischgl-Samnaun resort complex (Silvretta Arena)
  • Nakiska (AB)
  • Mount St Louis (Ontario)
  • Ski Alpine Club (Ontario)
  • Blue Mountain (Ontario)
The complete list of supported European ski resorts in the Gps Ski App is here.
The complete list of support North American Ski Resorts in the Gps Ski App is here.

If you do not see your resort in Gps Ski Maps, please let us know.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

New North American Ski resorts added for Gps Ski Maps

We've added support for following N. American ski resorts in Gps Ski Maps.

  • Mt Seymour, BC
  • Snowshoe, WV
  • Holimont, NY
  • Whitetail, PA
  • Seven Springs, PA
  • Bridger Bowl, MT
  • Revelstoke, BC

If you've already purchased the app, please do the following to view the updated resort list.

  • Select Add Maps+ from homescreen of the app
  • Press menu and select "Refresh"
If the app does not support your favorite ski resort please email us at "support at gpsskimaps dot com".

Sunday, February 6, 2011

TopoSports now covers New Zealand

Hello New Zealand!

We are thrilled to announce that we've added support for NZTopo in TopoSports. The app now supports download of 1:50K quads published by Linz, covering entire New Zealand. Each quad layer also includes a searchable layer of geographical names.

Please upgrade to the latest version (4.1) by clicking on "Check for Updates" on homescreen of the app and downloading the version for your device.

You can download Topos for New Zealand by either of the following:

  • Search by name
  • Download featured quads
  • Using "Show nearby quads"

The official list of features in this release is:
  • Support for NZtopo
  • Behind the scene changes that improve quality for US topos.
  • Speed up of downloading of quads.

--TopoSports team