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-up next:
-1. setup a tile server (self-hosted): https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server
-2. upload GPX tracks through HTML from webpage
-3. auth? maybe before 2
+# GPX web viewer
+
+Extremely simple GPX track viewer, meant to be embedded in article webpages.
+Using [leaflet](https://leafletjs.com/) and OpenStreetMap tiles.
+
+### up next:
+1. setup a self-hosted tile server: https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server
+2. display GPX track metadata
+3. upload GPX tracks through HTML from webpage