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Life & fun · August 5, 2022

3D Topography of Your GPS Track

As a hiker and (ski)mountaineer I've always been a bit disappointed of how most apps fail to properly depict the topography while analyzing GPS tracks. (I know that Strava offers some kind of 3D view by now, but I still wanted to build my own thing) That's why I started working on https://cubetrek.com It's still very experimental, but you can give it test-drive now. Any feedback appreciated. It essentially renders your GPS Track as a 3D model within the topography. As an example, here's the Bishorn, a 4000 m peak in Switzerland: https://cubetrek.com/view/5807…

3D Topography of Your GPS Track launched on August 5, 2022 with 8 votes, #1,007 of 3,307 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

CubeTrek is a Web App to visualize and manage GPS Tracks. Realistically depict the topography in 3D, get in-depth statistics about your adventures, share your activities with your friends. It's intended for Outdoor activities in mountainous and hilly Terrain, such as Skiing, Mountaineering, Mountainbiking and Trailrunning. If you encounter any problems, errors and bugs, shoot me an email . 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. Visualize your adventures with TrekMapper , revealing your…from cubetrek.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

As a hiker and (ski)mountaineer I've always been a bit disappointed of how most apps fail to properly depict the topography while analyzing GPS tracks. (I know that Strava offers some kind of 3D view by now, but I still wanted to build my own thing) That's why I started working on https://cubetrek.com It's…

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