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

  • waldenA
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    2 days ago

    I finally figured out how to get the terrain stuff going on my Wanderer. Super cool!

    Now I’m trying to figure out my future workflow… can you shed some light on it?

    Currently everything I upload is its own “Trail”. This goes for the Strava integration, as well as me just uploading a GPS track.

    Trails are nice because they all show up on the Map, making a cool overview of everything I’ve done. Obviously over time this might bog down the system when viewing the map.

    Trails aren’t included in the statistics, which is a bummer.

    So, I played around with moving each of my activities into broader “trails”, based on where the activity took place. I think that’s probably how Wanderer is supposed to be used, because when I move activities from being a “Trail” to being a “Summit”, they are counted in the statistics.

    The only downside to that is they don’t appear on the map, unless you click the specific Summit.

    So, basically, my question is – should I just accept the fact that I should move everything into being a Summit, so I can enjoy the statistics?

    Thanks!