Are there any geodata enthusiasts among the cyclists here?

Hi,

As I prepare for my fourth multi-week tour, I'm once again refining my skills in creating digital maps and leveraging geodata. I'm aiming for a style reminiscent of "ancient" explorer maps, as I find typical maps too cluttered with irrelevant details. Ideally, the farther from my route or track, the less information should be displayed.

I like the fact that the resulting digital map is almost fully "owned" by me, and I have full control over the styling.

What I also love is a bit of "programming" to e.g. calculate the sunrise / twilight for each place along the planned route and timeline. Takes a bit of "guesswork" out of the life on the road.

Who else here is experienced with QGIS, Overpass queries, or maybe Python? Why not challenge ourselves?

Last year I already included a page about the process in my journal, and want to improve my publications this year. Questions welcome as they will help me refining my documentation.

Christian

Previous' tour digital map, and the baseline for this year

Currently structuring my QGIS project and a geopackage file, evaluating zoomlevel and symbology sizes

Polygon made in QGIS with a vector buffer around a GPX track, refined in NotePad++ and used with the OpenStreetMap overpass API

Based on brouter data