Automatic Walk Time Tables

The aim of this project is to automate and speed up the process of creating a J+S walk-time table for a hike or bike tour. There are already some tools that provide valuable support for planning. Nevertheless, they are not suitable for planning a hike with larger groups, such as in a J+S-camp.

The goal of this project is to provide a tool that is suitable for planning hikes with larger groups. This is realised with an interactive map that allows to plan a route and to adjust the walk-time table accordingly. All based on an easy to user web interface.

In the end the user should be able to create a walk-time table for a hike with a few clicks and export it as a PDF as well as an Excel file containing the walk-time table based on the J+S template.

Important: Manual planning remains a fundamental part of preparing for a hike. This project only aims to speed up mechanical, repetitive processes like creating a walk-time table based on an existing route. This programm is no substitute for careful planning.

Run it Locally and Start Developing

As of version 2.0.0, the application is split into multiple parts, each living in its separate docker container. You can launch the application as a bundle using the following command:

WARNING

For all commands in the documentation, we are assuming you're running Linux (nevertheless Mac, Windows or WSL should work as well).

docker-compose up [--build]

INFO

--build is optional and forces docker to rebuild the containers.

By default, the application is served locally. It will rebuild/reload the container automatically if you make changes to the code (except for configuration files, e.g. docker-compose.yml, package.json, etc.).