# GPX web viewer

Extremely simple GPX track viewer, meant to be embedded in article webpages.
Using [leaflet](https://leafletjs.com/) and OpenStreetMap tiles.

## GPX simplify script

Use python to compress a GPX track using gpxpy and the Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm, optionally removing time. Requires `pip3` to install the necessary packages in the virtual environment before running the first time:
```
cd python/
python3 -m venv .
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Then run with:

```sh
cd python/
./gpxsimplify.py -f <filename> -d <max distance in meters, float> -t <optional: remove time points>
```

### up next:
1. setup a self-hosted tile server: https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server (resource heavy) or https://github.com/consbio/mbtileserver meant for lightweight hosts
2. display GPX track metadata
3. upload GPX tracks through HTML from webpage