I have decided to embark on creating an outdoor mapping product.
Why
- I love maps.
- As a software engineer for over 20 years, I always wanted to learn maps & geospatial… what better way than to make my own mapping app and self host maps?
- All of the other mapping apps that I have tried, while really great, contain missing functionality or tons of bloatware as noted below.
Goals
Build a simple, private, and secure outdoor mapping platform.
Typical functionalities to be included:
- ⛺ Offline maps
- 🚶 Trails
- 🧰 Measuring tools
- 🦌 Hunt / game lands
- 🏠 Parcel data
- ⛰️ Terrain features / isolines / hill shading
Plus including extra awesome features:
- 🔒 End-to-End encrypted (E2EE) user data (pins, tracks, notes, pictures, etc.)
- ✅ Simple maps and user interface
- ⚡ Blazing fast maps
- 🔋 Efficient battery usage
- ♾️ No offline map data expiration (you own your data forever)
Never including bloatware / cruft / 💩:
- 🚫 No social media SDKs
- 🚫 No private data harvesting / mining
- 🚫 No ads
- 🚫 No 3rd party data brokers
- 🚫 No trail ratings
Getting Started
So… let’s do this!
“One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.” - Bruce Lee