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Would also love the ability to import/export tracks (such as gpx files) and an iPad and web version (latter especially useful for planning ski tours)
Hey @ryanstenson. We're planning on adding new areas all the time. We mostly focused on the major resorts for this winter but we do have some back country areas like East Vail coming very soon. The wider back country areas are definitely on the list. Out of interest, would you only find these maps useful if they have all the routes marked or would the terrain itself still be of value to you?
@ryanstenson. GPX export is coming in a version later this winter (along with a number of other track recording improvements). You can already use it on the iPad and the web version is in development (although it won't have the full resolution of the mobile product due to data sizes). Thanks for the support and feedback. Let us know how you get on using it at Squaw.
@misha_gopaul just terrain would be great to start. For resorts, I'd also love to see Kirkwood and Sugarbowl in CA (frankly you could probably pass on Northstar and Heavenly, which are mostly on-piste skiing)
@ryanstenson That's good to know. We can produce terrain maps very quickly with our new map production tech so might try a few back country areas that way and see what response we get. We'll try and accelerate Kirkwood and Sugarbowl - we're working on a way for users to 'vote' where we should go next.
Nice! I know this is something experienced skiiers would love. All too often it's easy to keep to terrain that everyone knows - this could be a way of skiing some hard to find, but safe, pistes.
It's a little slow at the moment though - though the design is cool!
@alicelthwaite exactly. What's lacking in the outdoors is information presented in a way we can intuitively understand. We've had a lot of love recently. A chairman and world-class team of designers and engineers with years of mapping experience behind them have joined (Nokia's Here to name names). Looking forward to taking the product much further.
Haha - I came here to support Misha but then realised that I'd independently downloaded this the other day in Zermatt.
It's a really nicely done app. Everything works offline (after an initially meaty resort-download), it's really well thought through and I loved it as a way to get around. I downloaded it while chilling in a mountain restaurant.
Misha and team, one thing I'd love which I didn't have on there would be lift status in the map itself (rather than pulling it off separately at the side). Also, just thinking what would be fricking awesome (personal wishlist) would be:
1. A citymapper function - given I'm here, how long will it take me to reach that restaurant for lunch and what route should I take
2. A "what lifts should I take to get the most skiing for my remaining 1h 30m before the lifts shut"
Anyhoo, long and short is that this is a cool app - I enjoyed using it and I'm even more pleased to see that it's Misha's!
@peternixey Awesome! Thanks! Great that you used it out in Zermatt. And probably a good choice of resort for the early winter conditions this year. :)
We just added Cervinia now too.
We're already working on building the live lift-status into the map itself - we're working through the integration for the different ski-lift systems and trying hard to get it ready for this season.
Routing is also in development. It turned out that no-one has built a proper routing and navigation engine for the outdoors yet. It's first appearance will probably be in our summer hike/bike maps this year.
And we love the idea of the suggested itinerary for a given time limit - you've got my co-founder Dave busy on it already! :)
And most importantly - thanks for the support!
@misha_gopaul @peternixey Love it - thanks Misha and looking forward to getting you guys in Runway too!
@brandfission A week! I really needed this, too. I'm used to NY mountains, which fit cleanly on a paper map. It's tough to wrap my head around Vail's trail map.
Tell us about the big updates here?
FYI the Android app button on the site takes me to the Apple App Store :)
We've been busy.
Since our BETA last February, we've massively improved our 3D mapping engine and added lots of automation to our map production chain. All this means we can make maps. Lots of them. Very quickly. Last year it took us 6-8 weeks to produce one map. Now it takes just minutes.
We also built a technology platform to scale our map content and let it loose on our new global network of experts bringing the local knowledge and constant updates to all our maps.
You'll find every major resort in North America and Europe on FATMAP this season. A web player is on its way and summer maps are are launching this Summer.
Our dream of bringing a new type of map to the mountains has finally become a reality.
Love it. One suggestion would be to highlight Snowboarder friendly (or unfriendly) runs. When exploring a resort there's always a few impossible (or just no fun) to pass routes that you often only find out about until it's too late. Also if you can add El Tarter in Andorra before 28th Feb that would mean I can use it this year!
@misha_gopaul wow awesome app! Finally some great ski maps in 3D, really like it. Any change of adding the Dolomiten Superski area before this March? Would love to use this in practice!
@ernstmul It's on the list but not sure if it will be done before March - will do our best! Definitely for next season if not.
Thanks, @alexmbarton! @treelinechalets - We've started working with chalet companies to provide FATMAP as a tool to show clients new to a resort around. If you'd like some copies of the app to test, drop me an email at adam@fatmap.com
Hi Misha, keen to use this in Méribel next week! I upgraded but it is stuck on the free version and there is no support link in the app.
@paddy Hey Patrick, could you email hello@fatmap.com with the issue. We'll get that upgraded for you!
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