Several users have asked me for a guide to help them setup Social Hiking for use on TGO Challenge – this post covers how to register, setup your location sources, link media accounts and create your map ready for your challenge. Although specifically for TGO Challengers, other users may find some of the sections useful.
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Seriously improved update times
Originally, Social Hiking was set to update all user beacons and media every 10 minutes – this was mostly ok, but also sometimes frustrating. The updates were also all done as one long list, and as the number of users has grown, this list was becoming a bit sluggish. Fortunately the new Flickr support has meant that the method Social Hiking has updated has improved dramatically!
The case of the missing beacons!
Several of us have noticed over the last few weeks that in certain conditions beacons from ViewRanger seem to not appear on Social Hiking (usually these missing beacons are visible on the BuddyBeacon Portal, but not always). I have done a bit of digging and found the problem (and implemented a temporary fudge on Social Hiking to fix it)
ViewRanger buddybeacon and Media Geo-tagging
Social Hiking currently only uses the ViewRanger’s buddybeacon feature to create your route and link media. Since the public “launch” (it was more like a switch on than a launch!) a number of people have asked whether the site could also use geo-tagged media.
Martin Free: Looking forward to it :-)...
daylightgambler: Sorry you can't make it. Sure we will arrange another one some time....
Barney: Great idea ! love to meet u guys trouble is im working that weekend !!...
PilgrimChris: Monsal Head gets my vote mate....
Andy Bryant: Great idea!...