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This is great. I've been working on an adventure motorcycling trip planning app which has similar requirements of being able to work offline as you ride your p

This is great. I've been working on an adventure motorcycling trip planning app which has similar requirements of being able to work offline as you ride your preplanned trip. Yours is a good example of what can be done by keeping it simple and not getting wrapped around the axle with complicated frameworks. It makes me regret all the time I've spent trying to figure out the absolute best tech stack to use rather than just working on finishing the damn thing.

jameal 4y ago
I know that pain. It helped that I had a two week time constraint! I really wanted to use Svelte, but I found it nearly impossible to use without a build script.
pointpth 4y ago
would love to stay up to date on this
- BTBurke 4y ago
  Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht. Feel free to send a hello to the list with what you'd like to see. I'm banging away on it every night when I get home from work.
mrg2k8 4y ago
I've extensively used Osmand off-line during my overlanding trips, from Cape Town to Europe across west Africa and from Czechia to Mongolia. Why reinvent the wheel?
- usrusr 4y ago
  In my case, looking at a very similar set of requirements for a project yet to be started, a target audience that includes both Android and iOS and people who might be reluctant to install an app (but should have the option to "offlinify" the website they use, perfect match for PWA)
- BTBurke 4y ago
  Everything has been done at least once. If we don't try to improve on what's out there, no progress will ever made. I think Osmand works fine for some things but really sucks for planning long, time-bound trips, which is my use case.
wyclif 4y ago
You should consider changing the name to something that isn't single trail-specific.
- BTBurke 4y ago
  It's open source so when it's ready you can fork it and call it anything you want. Some of the features are meant to be specific to motorcyclists. And as far as getting the word out, it's easier to make it specific to a particular community since I know where they hang out online and how to get it in front of eyeballs.
hentrep 4y ago
How can I hear more when it’s ready?
- BTBurke 4y ago
  Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht. Feel free to send a hello to the list with what you'd like to see. I'm banging away on it every night when I get home from work.
nicbou 4y ago
Please please please give me a way to hear more when it's ready! OsmAnd is fantastic, but there's room for improvement.
- BTBurke 4y ago
  I'd love to hear more about what improvements you'd like to see. Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht

jameal 4y ago

I know that pain. It helped that I had a two week time constraint! I really wanted to use Svelte, but I found it nearly impossible to use without a build script.

pointpth 4y ago

would love to stay up to date on this

BTBurke 4y ago
Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht. Feel free to send a hello to the list with what you'd like to see. I'm banging away on it every night when I get home from work.

mrg2k8 4y ago

I've extensively used Osmand off-line during my overlanding trips, from Cape Town to Europe across west Africa and from Czechia to Mongolia. Why reinvent the wheel?

usrusr 4y ago
In my case, looking at a very similar set of requirements for a project yet to be started, a target audience that includes both Android and iOS and people who might be reluctant to install an app (but should have the option to "offlinify" the website they use, perfect match for PWA)
BTBurke 4y ago
Everything has been done at least once. If we don't try to improve on what's out there, no progress will ever made. I think Osmand works fine for some things but really sucks for planning long, time-bound trips, which is my use case.

wyclif 4y ago

You should consider changing the name to something that isn't single trail-specific.

BTBurke 4y ago
It's open source so when it's ready you can fork it and call it anything you want. Some of the features are meant to be specific to motorcyclists. And as far as getting the word out, it's easier to make it specific to a particular community since I know where they hang out online and how to get it in front of eyeballs.

hentrep 4y ago

How can I hear more when it’s ready?

BTBurke 4y ago
Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht. Feel free to send a hello to the list with what you'd like to see. I'm banging away on it every night when I get home from work.

nicbou 4y ago

Please please please give me a way to hear more when it's ready! OsmAnd is fantastic, but there's room for improvement.

BTBurke 4y ago
I'd love to hear more about what improvements you'd like to see. Nothing is ready to be shared yet, but when it is I'll announce it here first for beta testers: https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev https://lists.sr.ht/~scooter/mototripper-dev You can subscribe by sending an email to ~scooter/mototripper-dev+subscribe@lists.sr.ht