Over the last two months, I developed wanderer. It is a self-hosted alternative to sites like alltrails.com or in other words a self-hosted trail database. It started out more as a small hobby project to teach myself some new technologies but in the end, I decided to develop it into a fully-fledged application.

Core Features:

  • Manage your trails
  • Extensive map integration and visualization
  • Share trails with other people and explore theirs
  • Advanced filter and search functionality
  • Create custom lists to organize your trails further
  • Chique design with a dark and light theme
  • Fully mobile compatible

wanderer is completely open-source. You can find the GitHub repo here: https://github.com/Flomp/wanderer

wanderer is still under active development so if you encounter any bugs/errors or have suggestions please let me know here or open an issue on GitHub.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Question: why would I want to self-host this to use while I’m in the woods with no service, as opposed to an app on my device?

    • get_flomped@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I think you might misunderstand what wanderer does. It is not a maps service like Open Street Maps. It’s simply a database in which you can store your GPS tracks. So the workflow would look like this: you are in the woods and record your track (e.g. with osmand) -> you store your track in GPX format -> you upload your track (and any additional info like a description or photos) to wanderer -> before your next adventure you check wanderer to decide what you want to do

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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        7 months ago

        You compared the service to AllTrails, which is a trail exploration and planning app. Like, walk down the trail and follow the map for navigation.

        Can you log your trips without an active data connection?

        • get_flomped@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Logging trips offline requires background location services. This does not work for a simple website. You would need to program an app for that. While this is a plan somewhere down the line, it’s still far away. So currently I would recommend relying on an external app to log your trip and import afterwards.