yes. I thousand times yes.
I'm always seeking for sites like this (anyone any recommendations?).
You should enrich it more with advice, equipment requirements etc etc... (and of course with more hikes :P)
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The site is beautiful, and I really appreciate the open sourcing of the code. I teach high school kids how to develop websites with Angular and Ruby on Rails, and will point them to your git repo. Quick question - how do you prevent spam?
Thanks! All changes go through a review process before they are pushed live. I get an email for each change and then can either accept or reject it. I'm using Mailgun to do the mail stuff: https://github.com/zaknelson/hike.io/blob/master/server/util...
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#33What qualifies as a hike? How far? I don't want to list what others won't see as 'true' hikes.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks! All changes go through a review process before they are pushed live. I get an email for each change and then can either accept or reject it. I'm using Mailgun to do the mail stuff: https://github.com/zaknelson/hike.io/blob/master/server/util...
Hm. So how come you accepted this one? It's just a location, seems pretty useless: http://hike.io/hikes/vandelli
This one was just added by someone on HN. It's a bit like Wikipedia's stub articles. It's not that useful at the moment, but there's something here that should be expanded on in the future. Maybe I'll update it myself when I get some downtime.
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#35Hello @zakn. Great site.
I have one question. Can you please share from where are you getting the description of the hikes. For Example: http://hike.io/hikes/salkantay-trek
Are you manually typing out all the data or you hired someone to type all this out. I know you are using community to edit this , but who made contribution for the first time ?
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#36What qualifies as a hike? How far? I don't want to list what others won't see as 'true' hikes.
That's a good question.
At this point, I'd say just add it, since I'd rather have more data. If it becomes a popular resource, I suppose the site will need a clearer definition of what constitutes a hike.
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#37Great site! I think there are a lot of fun things to add in the "hiker" space. I would have found it more intuitive to start with the map view actually, instead of a text search, since I think most users will consult your website AFTER knowing where they are located, rather than already having pinpointed specific trails.
I've been thinking of creating a hiking app for a while now, but just haven't been able to free up time. When I was living in Berkeley, I think I went hiking pretty much every single weekend, and I could think of a ton of things I'd have liked to have been able to access on my phone to make my experiences that much richer.
Anyway, good stuff and kudos for open-sourcing it all!
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#38Hello @zakn. Great site. I have one question. Can you please share from where are you getting the description of the hikes. For Example: http://hike.io/hikes/salkantay-trek Are you manually typing out all the data or you hired someone to type all this out. I know you are using community to edit this , but who made contribution for the first time ?
That one was all me. I did the hike, took the pictures, and typed it up. And actually most of the hikes I wrote, although I'm starting to get edits from others. One great example is Mount Meru - http://hike.io/hikes/mount-meru which was done by a good samaritan I've never met.
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#39I'm excited to see where this goes. You are right about the competition. There is tons of information out there, but not many are wiki and none have the responsiveness or a clean modern design yours does.
Kudos on the "free and open" promise! I hate logins.
Critique: - I second the suggestion to encourage contributing to OSM. Most popular hikes will be in OSM already and adding them to hike.io could be as easy as selecting the route on the OSM layer. - can you use a USGS layer for US locations? see mapper.acme.com - Adding an entry should be easier. I selected the coords, but was still required to enter the state, country. I would like to simply add a few points on a map and have the elevation/gain calculated for me - driving directions? why a block of text? why not a link to google driving directions?
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#40Great site! I think there are a lot of fun things to add in the "hiker" space. I would have found it more intuitive to start with the map view actually, instead of a text search, since I think most users will consult your website AFTER knowing where they are located, rather than already having pinpointed specific trails. I've been thinking of creating a hiking app for a while now, but just haven't been able to free u…
I appreciate it! For your app idea, if there's anything that fits into hike.io's domain and you want to discuss it, feel free to shoot me an email.