Trailguide News & Blog

Why Trailguide Is Becoming a Paid App

And Why That’s a Good Thing

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 11. April 2025

Trailguide has always been a labor of love — built through countless hours of late night coding, riding sooo many trails, and consuming thousands of cups of coffee. But love alone doesn’t pay for the servers, maps, and services needed to keep the app running smoothly.

Read on to find out why Trailguide is becoming a paid app....

Trailguide 2025 Edition

What has been cooking in the coding office over the winter?

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 8. April 2025

Over the winter of 2025 Trailguide has had a major overhaul of the internals, improvements to the user interface, removal of some features, and some new ones has been added.

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Trailguide 2024 Spring Edition

An overview of new features for 2024

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 17. May 2024

It is that time of year again when we release new features we have been working on during winter and spring. Check out some of the new features and see how it can make your biking even more enjoyable this season.

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Why don't you make Trailguide as an app?

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 15. August 2023

We often get the question "why don't you make Trailguide as an app?" from users. There are many reasons for this and in this short blog post I try to list some of the reasons why we make Trailguide as a web app, and one reasons why we should possible have made it a native app.

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Trailguide 2023 Spring Edition

An overview of what is possible with the Trailguide app

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 18. May 2023

Trailguide is under constant development and we add new possibilities all the time, but we are not very good at telling you about them. Check out some of the features available and see how it can help you to find great trails to enjoy this summer.

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New user interface for Trailguide

An overview of the latest changes and improvements

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 24. April 2023

The user interface of Trailguide has evolved a lot over the years. Little by little it has changed as we learn more and add more features. I think it has improved the ease and efficiency of use and at the same time making it look a lot better. See what changes we have made this spring.

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Tjøme trail & code hackathon

Developing and field testing new functions for Trailguide

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 21. May 2021

Last weekend we headed off to the islands of Tjøme and Nøtterøy where they have a really dense network of trails to find out how we could improve trailguide to help guide you through such a trail network.

Read more about how it went here...

New interface & functions

The next evolutionary step

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 12. May 2021

The new version of Trailguide comes with new functions, better ergonomics and an easy to use interface. read more...

How Trailguide is developed

author profilePeter Seidl, 8. June 2020

Get a look behind the scenes of Trailguide development. read more...

How to develop a topographical web map

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 8. June 2020

Get a look behind the scenes of Trailguide development. read more...

New Trailguide App 2020

New functions, new map, easier to use

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 28. May 2020

After a long winter full of work, we finally can release Trailguide 2020. Find lots of new features that make it even easier to find and share great trails! read more...

New version of Trailguide

Smaller, faster, better!

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 9. August 2019

Trailguide can be installed on your phone, has new functions, is smaller, faster, and easier to use! read more...

Software Update

New functions and cool technology

author profileBjørn Jarle Kvande, 19. February 2018

What functions were developed lately in Trailguide and what the heck is a web app? read more...