I think a common problem for getting trip reports up on the web is having a decent representation of the route. The Ordnance Survey protect their interests online very carefully and I’ve heard of a few people who have had problems when putting maps up on their website.
Hopefully, thanks to some inspiration from Walk Highlands, I’ve hit on a legal way of showing route maps on my site. Here is a link to the route I did last Saturday on the Saddle which is described in this blog post.
It uses the Open API from Multimap which is free (at the time of writing) to use, as long as your particular application doesn’t take up more than 1% of the Open API’s requests. I think I’ll be safe on that front!
Using their documentation the code was pretty straightforward to put together. It basically takes the gpx file I record using my Garmin eTrex and generates a map around the route, showing the start point and centering the map at the appropriate zoom level to show the whole route. From here you can zoom and scroll to your heart’s content.
I’m really pleased with the results and will be using it to illustrate my routes from now on. If anyone experiences browser related problems I’d be interested to know. I’ve only tested it so far on Safari on my Mac.
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