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# About

Welcome to [track.guide](https://www.track.guide/) - a web-based adventure planning tool - with an emphasis on being able to view large-scale topographic and imagery mapping.

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The web app has been designed to be used on a desktop, laptop, tablet and phone, as long as you have an internet connection. The key features include:

* wide range of topographic and other maps with the ability to add your own
* view panoramic imagery including [Mapillary](https://www.mapillary.com/) and [Google StreetView](https://www.google.com/streetview/)
* advanced track import, export and creation
* create routes and export as a track
* sharing of maps and tracks
* view height profile of tracks
* placename and coordinate search
* drag and drop support of multiple GPS and vector formats including GPX and KML
* customized atlas printing
* export to Garmin JNX format
* multiple coordinate support including UTM

track.guide is a NodeJS app that has been forked from <https://github.com/wladich/nakarte> with some added functionality and updated map sources.


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