Since Apple have released iOS 5 we have had a flood of comments and emails about Mapometer not working any more on iPads or iPhones.

We are hoping Apple will release an update but we are looking into possible solutions so please bear with us.

UPDATE – It seems that it is only affecting a small amount of users now.  If you are one of them or if anyone has worked out how to stop it happening please let us know.

We have made a small upgrade to Mapometer than will make a huge difference to our users.   The maps on Open Street Map are continually improved by the users themselves.  If you find a mistake in the map, all you have to do his head over to their site and make the change yourself!  This means that  the maps are much more up-to-date than the Google maps.  Open Street Maps also includes footpaths, bridle paths and cycling routes which will be really useful for Mapometer users.

To access the Open Street Map layer simply click on the button on the map.

Please note that Mapometer will not auto follow paths if you have the “Follow Roads” button pressed as that information applies to the roads in the  Google map only.

We have ironed quite a few bugs in the last week and many thanks for everyone who has emailed in and left comments.  Please continue to do so by attaching comments to this post including any error messages you get and browser information etc.   The ones we know about, are working on but haven’t quite sorted out yet are:

1.  Sometimes when you save a route the name of the route is left blank in the “My Routes” section.  Fixed we think.  Can you let us know if it happens again.

2. When you put in a new location the site doesn’t zoom into it.  Fixed

3. Importing GPX routes is temperamental.  This seems only to be an issue for longer routes imported into  the Safari browser

4. Distance markers do not print out.  Fixed

Any information you have about these or anything other bugs is really useful so please continue to let us know.  Thanks.  James

Please give us feedback (good and bad) and let us know if you have any issues by adding a comment to this post.  We will work to resolve them as quickly as we can.  Thanks.  James

We have spent ages working on a site redesign and are pleased to announce that it is up and running.  As well as a complete face lift we have looked carefully at the functionality of every page we think it Mapometer is now easier to use than ever.

We have also integrated Facebook and Twitter into the site allowing you log in or register via your social network.  If you already have an account and want to link it to your social network you should log into Mapometer in the normal way and link it from within the account.  Then, in future you will be able to log in via the social network.

Let us know if you have any feedback or if you come across any issues.

We have just updated the site and included a lot of improvements.  More to follow on that.

We have had to leave out the Google Translate feature from the new site.  The is because Google are discontinuing the API from December 1st onwards.  We are really sorry about this as we know our international users have been using it.  There is a solution however.  If you search for Mapometer in Google and then press the “Translate” Button to the right of the link.  It looks like this:

There might be some downtime in the next 24 hours as we upload our new site.  We have tested it extensively but if you find any bugs then please let us know.

It has been ages since the last post but we have been very busy giving the site a complete makeover.  It is a big job and isn’t finished yet but we should have something in the next few weeks.  We have a few new social network features in the pipeline as well.

This from one of our users in Christchurch New Zealand:

Yes, things are a mess in my lovely city.  It’s hard doing some of the usual road runs here now because of all the holes and sand from the liquifaction and in some cases sewerage – yuk.  And not to mention having to hold your breath as you run past portaloos – not very nice but at least my house and family are all safe.  It’s been a terrible time for so many people.  Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought this would happen to our city.  We are all getting tired of the aftershocks too, but going for a run is a good way of coping.

Our thoughts go out to everyone in that lovely part of the world.

It is a bit complicated to follow as it involves one small loop and three larger loops but here it is.