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Life & fun · January 10, 2025

3D Terrain simulation for hiking, skiing etc.

I'm working on a GPS track visualizer for quite some time. It shines in hilly and mountaineous terrain (where a 3D view makes more sense), but it also offers quite a lot of Strava-like features (statistics etc.). You can upload your GPX and FIT files manually, or sync directly with Garmin, Coros and Polar. See https://cubetrek.com for the live app and check out some examples there. It's free and opens source. Also, anyone who likes to work with 3D visualizations (especially Babylon.js), let me know if you like to help polish this thing further.

3D Terrain simulation for hiking, skiing etc. launched on January 10, 2025 with 150 votes, #275 of 6,142 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

CubeTrek is a free, open-source GPS track visualizer designed for hikers, skiers, and outdoor athletes. It displays workout routes in 3D, which is particularly useful for mountainous terrain, and includes activity statistics similar to Strava. Users can upload GPX and FIT files directly or sync tracks from Garmin, Coros, and Polar devices. The tool uses Babylon.js for its 3D visualization capabilities and welcomes developer contributions.

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From the sources

Home for all your GPS Tracks: Visualize, share and manage your GPS tracks. - r-follador/CubeTrek

Topography is what makes Skiing, Hiking, Trail running and Mountain biking so exciting. You conquer those vertical distances with a lot of sweat and effort, but your tracking software only shows a boring 2D map. That's where CubeTrek comes in. Sign up on CubeTrek.com , connect your Garmin, Polar and Coros watch and manage your outdoor activities. Check out the examples on CubeTrek.com ; e.g. SkiMo to the Mattijsch Horn The Back End is constructed with Java and Spring Boot backed with Postgresql (and Postgis), the Front End is based on Bootstrap. Good old plain JavaScript is used for interaction with the server. The actual 3D magic is performed by the awesome Babylon.js library (check it…from github.com

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