WalkLakes Blog
2024 | |||
| October | |||
| 20 Lake District Barns Rescued | |||
| Doggy Rescue | |||
| New Fell Top Assessors | |||
| We've Closed our Twitter Account | |||
| Kirkstone Pass closed | |||
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| August | |||
| Searchdogs Open Day | |||
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| July | |||
| A Busy Weekend | |||
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| June | |||
| Going camping? Make sure you're safe | |||
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| April | |||
| Herdy supports sheep safety this spring | |||
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| March | |||
| Piers Gill. Something has changed. | |||
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| February | |||
| Using our Mapping for Other Walks | |||
2023 | |||
| November | |||
| Winter - Time to check your gear | |||
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| September | |||
| Hills Database Updated | |||
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| August | |||
| Being Prepared | |||
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| July | |||
| Leave Only Pawprints | |||
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| June | |||
| Mountain Rescue Box ransacked | |||
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30/08/17
• Moving Time and Speed
We've recently added moving time and speed to the data displayed when you upload a track to any of our mapping apps
If you have gone into our mapping app recently you will have already seen a popup with a new release note which says: read more ... |
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11/08/17
• New Release of our Maps
We've released another set of map tiles today with the latest updates from our data sources and some tweaks to the rendering
You may remember that back in December we launched our WayMaps mapping tiles which are built from open data from a number of sources put together with our own styling. read more ... |
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14/06/17
• More Improvements to our Mapping App
We've made a couple of improvements to our GPS mapping application recently which will be of interest to you have registered and log in before using it.
We've made a couple of improvements to our GPS mapping application recently which will be of interest to you have registered and you then log in before using it. read more ... |
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26/04/17
• More Improvements to our Mapping
Our programme of improving our mapping, which is used in our walk maps and other places, continues and we've put a new release on the site today.
Here at WalkLakes our programme of improving our mapping, which is used in our walk maps and other places, continues and we've put a new release on the site today. read more ... |
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09/03/17
• Numbering the Grid
We have improved the little maps we display for each walk step instruction.
When you are reading the instructions for one of our walks each walk step is accompanied by a little map showing you where you have to go. These maps are generated using our WayMaps map tiles, a "mash up" of GIS Open Data from a variety of sources. read more ... |
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The boundary changes announced last October for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks come into being this Monday.
The boundary changes which were announced last October for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks come into effect this Monday, 1st August. Essentially this extends both national parks towards each other separated by the M6. You can view all the details maps here on the Government publication page but here's our executive summary. read more ... |
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