Comment by darkwasp-pl

Comment by darkwasp-pl 18 hours ago

I built TrailDrop (https://traildrop.app) as a lightweight way to share GPX routes without forcing people to sign up or install apps. You upload a GPS track and get a link that anyone can view or download instantly.

I’m also experimenting with AI to enrich uploaded routes automatically: - optimising the GPX for clarity, - highlighting interesting places along the path, - generating descriptions and tags to make the route easier to share and discover.

I’d love feedback from this community: - Is the UX simple enough? - What integrations would be most valuable (Garmin, Strava, etc.)? - Do the AI-generated points of interest and tags add value, or should they stay minimal?

It’s still early and minimal – happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions.

Lio 18 hours ago

I love the idea.

Garmin and Strava are the obvious integrations for me.

Really though I think you’ve covered most of the features I’d look for.

I think the really question is why one might use this over, say, ridewithgps or other competitors?

Don’t take this as too much of a criticism though as I really like what you’ve built and will continue to play with it.

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darkwasp-pl 17 hours ago

Thanks for the feedback
The main focus right now is privacy + zero signups/installs - just drop a GPX, see the map, basic stats and share a link. I even added a direct open on the phone with Strava, Kamoot and Garmin - so people can open the gpx in other apps if they prefer.
It’s mainly useful for groups (like bike clubs or casual trips) or beginners who just want to see the trail without creating accounts or installing anything.
I’m also experimenting with:
Monetization → creators could sell individual routes or bundles.
QR codes → print and post on a trail so anyone can scan and access it without login.
AI → for now it enriches routes with tags/descriptions (SEO), but in the future maybe even auto route planning from a text prompt (e.g. “bike trip with hills + 3 coffee stops”).
For now though it’s just a simple uploader, and I’m still figuring out which direction to focus on next.

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- Lio 15 hours ago
  
  Go for it. There's some great ideas there.
  I often wondered about making it easier to organise large coffee stops like where a whole bike club arrive a cafe at the same time.
  Generally you want slightly different routes for your blue, green, red and black groups so that they can arrive at roughly the same time even though they ride at different speeds.
  I guess a cafe might want to stagger those arrivals slightly to reduce queuing, etc.
  Not sure if that's an angle you could go for.
  
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  darkwasp-pl 14 hours ago
  
  So far, I have focused on uploading/managing routes, but this could be an excellent feature for paid users (clubs, rides/hiking organisers)- upload a route or routes, sort it by difficulty (or create multiple difficulty levels automatically), optimise it to cross on the same POI in nearly the same time - the user can choose POI by category.
  
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