Product updates, new map data and notes about what is changing in the Iceland outdoor planning map.
DULIN started as a cleaned and curated Iceland outdoor dataset: huts, waterfalls, hot pots, campsites, hiking routes and remote planning signals that are difficult to use from a single source.
The app is being built around practical trip planning, not just around pins on a map. The free version is a preview, while Premium helps keep the database, photos, map tiles and planning tools maintained.
F-road details can now include official road status context where reliable matching is available. DULIN keeps the map readable while showing whether a route is open, needs careful checking, has a partial closure or has no official status available.
Public trip pages now show richer stop cards with photos where available, direct links back into the map and better preview handling for free, anonymous and Premium users. Shared trip links are meant to work as practical replies on Facebook, forums and travel discussions.
The trip generator has been improved to create more balanced draft plans from existing DULIN places, hikes and F-roads. It now considers more categories, trip type, pace, vehicle limits, driving distance and route variety before creating a draft for review.
Trip planning now has stronger public sharing, improved PDF-oriented trip output and clearer handling of media in trip stops. The focus is to make a saved DULIN trip easier to send, review and open directly in the map.
We are working on an offline DULIN app for Android and iOS. The offline app is now in beta testing, with focus on downloadable map data, saved trip context and practical use when mobile signal is weak or unavailable.
DULIN now separates public previews, free accounts and Premium access more clearly. Places, hikes, F-roads and shared trip links can show limited information publicly while keeping the deeper planning context, GPX workflow and Premium-only detail protected.
The map now uses branded category icons and groups dense areas into clusters at wider zoom levels. Selection feedback has also been tightened so bulk map selection and trip highlights are easier to read while planning.
Hike and F-road detail panels are being reorganized around practical planning sections. Advanced context such as terrain, steep sections, protected areas, route geometry, road planning, live conditions and signal planning can now be shown only where the access level allows it.
Place details now support improved photo updates outside the import workflow and richer weather context for planning. The goal is to make details more useful before you decide whether a place, hike or road belongs in the day plan.
Place details now bring weather and nearby camera context forward, with quick access tabs for related planning signals such as mobile coverage and contact information where available.
DULIN has expanded the place categories shown on the map and in filters. Wildlife, culture and lighthouse places can now appear as their own map categories where data is available.
DULIN now has a general feedback form for product ideas and improvement suggestions. It is separate from data issue reports: Report issue is still for a specific place, hike or F-road, while Send feedback is for ideas about the website, planning workflow or new features.
Recent work focused on usability rather than new data layers. Mobile map controls were tightened so selection, legend and scale-bar actions behave more predictably, selected map items stay visible after area selection, and the desktop left panel no longer shows the experimental search block.
Map tools now group legend, base map and selection actions more clearly, search adds faster typed lookup with result-type shortcuts for places, hikes and F-roads, and trip planning on mobile has quicker day-focused actions such as Today, Tomorrow, Next day and Unscheduled.
Recent system updates reduce unnecessary reloads in Trips, keep collection lists lighter by loading detail only when needed, speed up large collection actions and add short-lived caching for map data and enum lookups.
DULIN now separates the left panel into Plan and Explore modes, adds grill/BBQ places, free viewpoints and Premium caves, improves mobile administration and brings F-road details closer to hiking routes with trip saves, saved context, GPX export and data reports.
Area selection now works across places, hikes and F-roads. Selected map items can be exported as GPX or added to a trip in one action, while Trips includes Clear selected for quickly removing map highlights without changing the collection.
DULIN now includes a dedicated Premium F-road planning layer. F-road lines use the same stable route rendering as hiking routes, stay colored by difficulty and connect to detail panels with vehicle requirements, river crossings, mobile signal, points of interest and live Vegagerdin road-condition context.
Place details now include a Map.is navigation button. It opens the selected location in the Icelandic Map.is viewer with orthophoto context, which is useful when you want to inspect newer aerial imagery around a hut, waterfall, hot pot or other outdoor place.
The map can now show your current device location when your browser allows location access. This is most useful on mobile while travelling in Iceland, where it can help you compare your position with nearby places, hikes and saved trip items.
DULIN now shows estimated Siminn mobile coverage for places and hikes. For remote planning, this helps you understand where a hike may have limited signal before relying on phone navigation or online tools.
Places and hikes can now include drone rule context based on official Icelandic drone map sources. The goal is not a simple yes-or-no answer, but a reminder when official restrictions, protected areas, airfields or permits should be checked.
You can save places, hikes and F-roads into personal trip collections, mark items as planned or visited, add notes, highlight a collection on the map and export a collection to GPX.
Every user can report wrong or outdated information from a detail page. Reports can include a short note and an optional attachment, which makes it easier to improve the dataset when a hut, route, access note or photo needs attention.
DULIN now includes hiking routes as a separate map layer with route details, distance, elevation gain, difficulty context, access notes and route photos where available.
The mobile experience was redesigned around clearer panels for map, filters, search, trips and account actions, so the map stays usable on a phone without forcing everything into one long screen.
Place details now support optimized local photos and more contextual fields. Photos are served in a smaller size for the app while still giving useful visual context.
Remote Iceland planning often depends on roads, fords and seasonal access. DULIN now includes river crossing and F-road signals where available.
Premium access is available for users who want the fuller dataset and planning tools. Premium helps cover hosting, map tiles, data cleanup, photo handling and continued work on the map.
Search suggests matching places and hiking routes as you type. Selecting a result moves the map to that item and opens the relevant detail.
DULIN added GPX export for individual places, selected map items and trip collections so selected outdoor stops can be moved into navigation tools.
Map filters were changed into multi-select controls with values that adapt to the available data. The legend is generated from visible categories, so the map is easier to read.
DULIN gained user accounts and access levels for Free, Premium and VIP users. Free access remains a small public preview, while Premium and VIP users can use more planning features.
The first usable version focused on a clean Iceland map with curated outdoor points, object details, category colors and a distinction between preview data and the fuller Premium dataset.
The map is not just a static page. It needs hosting, map tile storage, photo optimization, verification work, data cleanup and continued improvement. Premium helps pay for that work and keeps the free preview available.
If DULIN saves you planning time, Premium is the easiest way to support the project and unlock the tools that make the map useful before and during a real Iceland trip.