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thenthenthenlast Tuesday at 12:03 AM1 replyview on HN

Ooh the heatmap to tiles idea is cool!


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c0nsumerlast Tuesday at 2:16 AM

Thanks!

The idea came from using the Strava heatmap in JOSM to trace the proper location of mountain bike trails. I'm trying to use Strava less, and usually have ridden the trails enough myself before mapping them that I could use my own routes... So I figured why not have my own heatmap tile server?

It's also cool to just look at.

I could take it a lot further with time boxing what's displayed and whatnot, but generating the tiles is computationally expensive, so I just stuck with what I have for now. It meets the need.