This is just a short tutorial how to explore trails you have or have not been to using your smartphone.

- Using Google earth to view local trails mapped by other users.


Click on the earth icon on the upper left side of the screen



Select on the appropriate layers you want to view, roads specially so you know if there are roads there or not.

And click on "Earth Gallery"



Click "Travel & Recreation"
Then Select "Wikiloc"



This will show icons on the map for certain activies like "road biking", "hiking", "trail riding" and ect...


Click on the activity to show details, like length of the trail, elevation and etc...
Select "Display track on the map" to show the trail.



and it will show the path of the trail...

These trails are mapped through GPS or drawn by hand some are through Wikiloc.com

I've used Strava in my phone to map out my rides then export them as gpx file to be uploaded in wikiloc so i can share them to everyone...

This works with anyone who has a gps enabled phone, you don't need internet to do this, you can cache the maps before heading out in the trails.

I hope everyone out there can make use of this and share your routes...