HikingJournal

Blend text, notes, voice, gpx, and USGS quads to make an entry in the journal

Ideal workflow[software] would be:

1. strip tracks/waypoints from GPS [read.py][Import]

2. change track labels

3. add track descriptions

4. change waypoint labels

5. add waypoint descriptions

6. plot tracks/waypoints on PDF [plot.py][Metadata]

7. change track labels

8. change track descriptions

9. change waypoint labels

10. change waypoint descriptions

11. bind track data to photographs [bind.py][Metatdata]

12. change track labels

13. change track descriptions

14. change waypoint labels

15. change waypoint descriptions

16. add picture description (captions)

17. put diary account to all of the above [note.py][Scribe Entry]

18. change track labels

19. change track descriptions

20. change waypoint labels

21. change waypoint descriptions

22. change picture description (captions)

23. add/edit the story

System dependencies

1. python3
2. twisted
3. gdal

To-Do List

• start tool for firing up the front-end
  • invoke later (with delay) a browser connected to this front-end
  • invoke cherrypy/flask to handle the web events for the front-end
• ideal workflow step 1
  • build a display to connect device to input
  • manipulate tracks
    • change labels
    • add descriptions
  • manipulate waypoints
    • change labels
    • add descriptions
  • redirect back to cover of journal
• database
  • determine if it needs GIS database no, but can hook one in later if need be just to do GIS relational junk
  • define storage structure
    • use Python shelve
    • use the md5 checksum as the keyword
    • value is the type of data contained in the md5 checksum
    • data is stored in wdir from the config file
• manage metadata
  • ideal workflow step 2
    • find Quad map(s) associated with a route, track, or waypoint
      • search local db for map
      • search usgs for map can only do this manually
    • find waypoints that go along with track
      • manually remove them
      • manually add them
      • Note: because it takes so long to generate the map, it will not be updated when the waypoint list changes
    • change descriptions and labels for all data involved (reuse import.js?)
  • be able to click on map and get to gps info rather than successor/previous
  • ideal workflow step 3
    • add pictures from file system : in-place reference?
    • correlate pictures with tracks via time
  • bind all metadata annotations for scribing an entry
• ideal workflow step 4
  • define: an entry is one or more annotated tracks that make up a journey.
  • define the language to scribe in
    • markdown? markdown seems more popular than XML
    • yet another markdown? hijack markdown with CSS
    • xml (with schema) and CSS? Not recommended by W3
    • xml (with schema) and XSLT? XML too verbose
    • xml (with schema) and JavaScript? XML too verbose
    • something else?