Wikiloc

{{Short description|Website for sharing GPS trails and waypoints}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Wikiloc

| logo = Wikiloc-logo-big 2x.png

| screenshot =

| caption =

| collapsible = yes

| url = [http://www.wikiloc.com/ www.wikiloc.com]

| commercial = Yes

| type = Crowd-gathered information

| language = Galician, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish and Turkish{{Cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wikiloc-outdoor-navigation-gps/id432102730|title=Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS|date=10 May 2023 }}

| registration = Optional (required to download files)

| author = Jordi L. Ramot & voluntary collaborators

| launch_date = 2006

| content_license = Proprietary

}}

Wikiloc is a website, launched in 2006,[https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205940/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/09/geotourism-challenge-2009-winners/ Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009] (National Geographic Society Press Room, September 9, 2009)[http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/about-us.do About Wikiloc] (Wikiloc)[http://wikiloc.blogspot.com.es/2006/06/wikiloc-is-online.html Wikiloc is online] (WikiLoc's blog, June 28, 2006) containing GPS trails and waypoints that members have uploaded. This mashup shows the routes in frames showing Google Maps (with the possibility to show the layers of World Relief Map (maps-for-free.com), OpenStreetMap, the related OpenCycleMap, USGS Imagery Topo Base Map and USGS Topo Base Map). The service is also available in Google Earth.[http://espanol.upi.com/Noticias-destacadas/2008/10/02/El-sitio-de-rutas-Wikiloc-entra-en-Google-Earth/UPI-51061222995720/ El sitio de rutas Wikiloc entra en Google Earth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051423/http://espanol.upi.com/Noticias-destacadas/2008/10/02/El-sitio-de-rutas-Wikiloc-entra-en-Google-Earth/UPI-51061222995720/ |date=2016-03-04 }} (UPI.com, October 2, 2008 -in Spanish-)[http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/02/wikiloc_gps_tracks_site.html Wikiloc – GPS Tracks Site] (Google Earth Blog, February 11, 2008) There are mobile apps for Android[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wikiloc.wikilocandroid&hl=en Wikiloc outdoor navigation GPS] (Android Apps on Google Play)[http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/android.do Wikiloc for Android] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830141457/http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/android.do |date=2014-08-30 }} (Wikiloc) and iPhone.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140822122156/https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/wikiloc-free/id432102730?l=en Wikiloc Free] (App Store on iTunes)[http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/iphone.do Wikiloc for iPhone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827012914/http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/iphone.do |date=2014-08-27 }} (Wikiloc) The product has more than 11M members,{{cite web|title=Home Page|url=http://www.wikiloc.com/|website=Wikiloc|accessdate=10 Nov 2022}} is offered in many languages[http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/three-winners-named-in-national-geographics-geotourism-challenge-2009 Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009] (Adventure Travel Trade Association, September 16, 2009) and has more than 37.9M{{clarify|What is an "M"? (Yes, million, but this is not clear to the casual reader.)|date=December 2023}} tracks of dozens of activities (hiking, cycling, sailing, horseback riding, driving, paragliding, and so on) in many countries and territories.[http://en.wikiloc.com/trails Find trails by activity or country] (Wikiloc) Wikiloc began as a worldwide online reference for hiking.[http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2014/04/22/actualidad/1398166912_395783.html Wikiloc llega a los dos millones de excursiones] (EL PAÍS, 22 April 2014 -in Spanish-) Additionally, photographs on Wikiloc enabled automated content analysis to characterize the landscape in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain.{{cite journal |last1=Callau |first1=Aitor Àvila |last2=Albert |first2=María Yolanda Pérez |last3=Rota |first3=Joan Jurado |last4=Giné |first4=David Serrano |title=Landscape characterization using photographs from crowdsourced platforms: content analysis of social media photographs |journal=Open Geosciences |date=2019-10-25 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=558–571 |doi=10.1515/geo-2019-0046|bibcode=2019OGeo...11...46C |doi-access=free }}

Wikiloc does not pay its contributors.{{Cite web|title=Terms of Use|url=https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/terms_en.html}} It charges users to download trails and waypoints from the website.{{Cite web|last=Wikiloc|title=Wikiloc – Premium|url=https://www.wikiloc.com/premium|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Wikiloc {{!}} Trails of the World|language=en}} It also prohibits bulk downloads or re-hosting of the data.