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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm looking for a wiki to use and contribute to that provides information similar to what AllTrails provides, and functions similarly to Wikipedia. I would like for the wiki's data to be free and open, and for it to operate under a reasonably permissive license.


Cross-posted to: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23459715

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If there’s not there should be. What a great idea.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed! If it doesn't exist, I would definitely be interested in looking into hosting it myself; however, I am currently holding out on hosting a wiki until a proper federated wiki becomes a bit more established. Ibis does exist, but it doesn't appear to be seeing any development lately, so I'm not sure where they stand with it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.wikiloc.com/

But I'm not sure how open it really is.

It seems to have Reddit disease where the people that run the site are trying to make money off the free user contributions.

Komoot is another one that clearly is commercial but based on user contributions. https://www.komoot.com/

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There is this cool new open-source software that could be maybe used: https://github.com/Flomp/wanderer

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is very cool! But I don't want to contribute information for only myself. I would like to contribute information for anybody to be able to use and reference.

EDIT (2024-08-09T23:22Z): I suppose one could host an instance of that for anyone to use. I'd have to think about that. I'm not sure if it would be the format that I'm looking for.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

caltopo

Not so much a community. Ridiculously good resource though.

On a desktop browser, you can easily map a route a long multi day hike. You could then see stats on that trail like elevation (height, incline, etc ), ground (water, rock, dirt, pavement, etc) and coverage (none, trees, etc) and more.

So much more.

A crazy amount more.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hrm, Caltopo appears to be more of a mapping service than a wiki for hike information. Furthermore, it appears to lock most of its features behind payed subscriptions [source], and it's license appears to be a restrictive proprietary license [source].

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

🤷‍♂️

I get more out of their free version than I do out of the paid all trails app.

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