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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by get_flomped@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Hey everyone, #What is wanderer? wanderer is a self-hosted GPS track database. You can upload your recorded GPS tracks or create new ones and add various metadata to build an easily searchable catalogue. Think of it as a fully FOSS alternative to sites like alltrails, komoot or strava. #What is new? I'm coming back here to tell you a bit about what has been happening since my last update. Since then, we implemented some highly requested features:

  1. A fancy new 3D model on the front page (there is an easter egg, can you find it?)
  2. wanderer now uses vector map tiles which results in a significant performance boost for everything map-related
  3. As a result, we now also support topographical 3D maps in wanderer (see gif)
  4. Greatly improved social features: from list sharing, over profile pages and activity feeds to notifications
  5. The better location search allows you to search right down to the address
  6. And finally probably the most requested feature: integrations. You can now sync all your trails from strava and komoot directly with wanderer without having to manually export/import them

Big thanks to everyone who contributed code or translations! If you have any suggestions/questions feel free to let me know below.

Have a great weekend!

Flomp

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[-] witchent@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

When I first stumbled upon this I was wondering how a one person open source project can look this beautiful. Now I am also wondering how it can be so feature rich. Seriously, I just love this project. Sadly I have no use for it right now (not big into sharing my trails, nor know enough people for it to be used), but still wanted to leave a comment just for appreciating your effort and the result. Such a beautiful project.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This means there are still nice things happening in the world.

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm a fan of Wander, and have followed these posts with great interest, but haven't been able to successfully install it get myself. I'll give it another try in late Feb early Mar.

[-] Suoko@feddit.it 1 points 3 months ago

No way to login with a fediverse account ? ;-)

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I want to try this. I'm one of the unfortunate victims of Gaia GPS turning to trash.

However, I can't seem to find in the docs how tracks can be recorded...

Is there an app?

Do I need to be in contact with the server to record a track?

Do I need to ask my friends to send me gpx exports if they aren't on strava?

Do you envision an integration with opentrailmap so in can share trails without having to expose Wanderer to public?

[-] get_flomped@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Recording is currently not possible with wanderer itself. I personally use osmAnd to record my trails and import them into wanderer. If you don't want to expose wanderer to the public your friends would need to send you their trails, yes. But I guess that's no different with any other service.

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

There's also a more lightweight alternative for recording tracks called OpenTracks. It can export the data in KMZ, KML, GPX or CSV format.

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

So I went to the demo and I have a few questions:

  • Couldn't figure out how to use 3d in demo (not critical)
  • developer discord link on github is expired
  • distinction between "public" and "shared" trails isn't clear
  • "Completion Status" for trails... what does this mean?
  • Couldn't import a trail in demo:
haystack-mountain-101522-105940.gpx
{"message":"TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'id')"}

I am actually really impressed with what you have so far, and I'd love to start using this!

[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 0 points 3 months ago

Does it integrate with Garmin as well?

[-] get_flomped@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately Garmin does not offer their API to private consumers: https://developer.garmin.com/gc-developer-program/program-faq/

I have not found a way to pull the data without API access.

[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 3 months ago

They do, check fittrackee they have a python sync to garmin, I use it

[-] get_flomped@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I read below that you activate the 3D terrain using the mountain icon, but I still can't get it to work with Firefox. I've tried the demo site with the same results. Is it maybe some sort of proprietary Google thing?

Edit: I see now in the docs that I need to point it at my own terrain data. I'll look into that.

[-] get_flomped@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Have a look at the demo site. Everything is set up there already. I personally use the generous free tier of MapTiler.

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