Update to theSnowSite.com

Another update to theSnowSite.com. This update does not change the ‘look and feel’ of the website, but is an update of the ‘back-end’ database.

theSnowSite.com contains data on some 1400+ ski and boarding areas around the world and it had become apparent that some of the geocoding/geotagging data was off, and a large number of resorts did not have any data. Therefore, over the last few months all database entries have been checked for accuracy of the data – this was a long and slow task. The update was performed using software written by MMISoftware which allowed resort details to be viewed and data mapped directly. The software was based around the code used by MMISoftware to produce PhotoInfoEditor.

So, why is the geotagging data so important? Well, without the data the resorts would not be plotted correctly on the main map of the website, plus, mapping over to Google (for location and directions) and mapping to Google Earth (via kml files) would not work.

As a result of the data check a number of resorts have been assigned geotags, which didn’t previously have tags, and a significant number of improvements were made to the accuracy data.

The site has now been updated… so check out your favourite ski/boarding areas and see if it is right, if it is not please send an email to geotags@thesnowsite.com stating which resort is wrong, and where it really is!