Map Information & Instructions
The markers shown on this map are a sample of key venues and geo-located blog posts from the past few years. There are many more adventures from before the blog started, and those yet to be experienced that aren't shown. So check back regularly to see the map fill up with more and more markers each revealing a link to great travel beta and exciting adventurous destinations, exploits, and activities.
Google Mapping Notes
The Google Mapping control (right) provides a mechanism to pan the map up, down, left, and right. This may also be done by dragging the map.- The man icon is shown in orange when there is Street View data available for the area shown on the map.
- The vertical slider provides a mechanism to zoom in and out. Zooming in to a closer view may also be achieved by double-clicking an area of the shown map, the map will also be centred on the point double-clicked.
- Hold down the Shift key while dragging out an area on the map will zoom to show that area.
The type of map shown can be changed by clicking the Map or Satellite buttons top right of the map (example right). Satellite provides for the greatest level of zoom and visual location of actual features on the ground, while under the Map mode the Terrain option helps show relief best by displaying contours.
Marker Notes
- Multiple venues are grouped
at any given level of zoom to de-clutter the display; the numbered circles indicate how many venues are grouped. 
The example given right shows 57 grouped venues, click the group to zoom in. The colour of the circle also indicates how many venues are grouped; 'hotter' colours indicate larger groups.
- Clicking a marker group will zoom to a level where those grouped markers are ungrouped. Although it is possible that some will still be grouped, click them to zoom further. This will also centre the map at the new zoom level.
- Individual posts, posts with GPX track data, and venues are shown with a range of markers such as:
etc.
- Hovering over a marker shows the title of the blog post or venue. The title is followed by a
indicating that the popup is a hyper-link to the blog post or venue page. Click the link to see that page.
- All blog post and venues pages have one or two links, both highlighted with a world icon
, back to the adventure map:
- When location data is available a Show this location link displays the map with that post or venue centered and zoomed in to view.
- The Show all locations link displays the map with all locations in view.
- Clicking a marker will show a summary information popup for that venue or post. The popup will include a hyper-link to the report page. Also, if a country has been attributed to the report, a flag icon will be shown. The flag icon is a hyper-link to all reports from that country.
- Filter the displayed markers using the Countries and Categories drop-down lists.
- Reset the map to the starting zoom and show all markers using Reset Map.
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