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Does there exist a community contributed wiki for hiking trails? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/hiking@lemmy.ml

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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/23459714

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Something like https://www.camptocamp.org/ might be what you are looking for.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That is along the lines of what I'm looking for, but, unfortunately, I'm not a fan of their license (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) — it's a bit too restrictive for something that I would personally want to contribute to.

[–] bbigras@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wish there was something like that built using openstreet map. The maps are already pretty good but it would be useful to get comments.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Agreed!

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Osm actually does have hiking trails marked (with difficutly levels too) and you can use apps like OsmAnd or Organic Maps to view them with comments - I've been using it for backcountry hikes where I need offline maps and it's pretty reliable.

[–] bbigras@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I use it too.

By "comments" I mean, like with alltrails, since a lot of people are using it, you often see up-to-date comments about the current trail's condition. Like when it's muddy in the spring.