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

• Bohusleden (homepage) 350 km of 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 hike ending in Åmål. Good in winter as well. Download route as kml file.
• Vindskyddskartan (vindskyddskartan.se) . Incredibly useful resource. Over 4000 windshelters in Sweden that you can sleep in for free, no booking required. download all locations of windshelters 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 file4
• 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 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
• Gravel cycling in dalsland has GPX files to some cool gravel riding near me. I should check it out
• 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...