Maps and files
I am a big fan of maps (see my post on leaflet maps with Python). I have collected various useful map files that I will share here.
Useful files
- Vindskyddskartan (vindskyddskartan.se) . Incredibly useful resource. Locationss and descriptions of over 4000 windshelters in Sweden that you can sleep in for free, no booking required. download all locations of windshelters as kml file
- Bohusleden (homepage) 350 km of hiking trails that wind from Gothenburg up to the Norwegian border. I've only hiked the southern ~ 100 km download route as kml file
- Pilgrimsleden (homepage) Lovely 3-4 day pretty remote hike ending in Åmål. Good in winter as well. Download route as kml file.
- Kattegatleden (kattegattleden.se) 400 km cycling route along the coast from Gothenburg to Helsinborg. Nice and gentle, mostly on cycle paths/quiet roads. Download route as kml file
- Dalsland gravel (website) 850 km of primarily gravel trails centred around Bengtfors in Dalsland. Download all routes as kml file
- Gravel trails around Gothenburg . This is a subset file copied from mollbrink.se, described below. Download all roads as kml file Warning! This file is > 200 MB
You can import these .kml files easily as bookmarks/routes into maps.me. Alternatively, you can convert them to GPX files for use with e.g. oruxmaps (see gptx2kml below).
Cool sites
- https://gpx2kml.com convert between GPX and KML formats
- Lots of gravel data available on mollbrink.se. The author has extracted all the gravel maps in Sweden from OSM data.
Navigation and software
I describe my navigation setup in some detail in cycle touring.
Future work
One day I might include a dynamic leaflet map here which displays all this data. But then this wouldn't be a pure clean static site anymore...