Getting started
Geo Activity Playground is a software to view recorded outdoor activities and derive various insights from your data collection. All data is kept on your machine, hence it is suitable for people who have an affinity for data analysis and privacy.
It caters to serve a similar purpose as other systems like Strava, Statshunters or VeloViewer, though the focus here is on self-hosting and using local files.
One can use this program with a local collection of activity files (GPX, FIT, TCX, KML, CSV) or via the Strava API. The latter is appealing to people who want to keep their data with Strava primarily. In case that one wants to move, this might provide a noncommittal way of testing out this project.
The main user interface is web-based, you can run this on your Linux, Mac or Windows laptop. If you want, it can also run on a home server or your personal cloud instance.
Installation
If you're new, just follow these steps:
- Install the software on Linux, Windows or macOS.
- Create a base directory.
- Start the webserver.
- Choose a method to record activities.
- Import your activities by Choosing an Activity Source
Have fun. If you're stuck, get help.
Free software
You can find the code on GitHub where you can also file issues. If you would like to use this yourself or contribute, feel free to reach out via the contact options from my website. I would especially appreciate improvements to the documentation. If you're familiar with Markdown and GitHub, you can also directly create a pull request. The code is licensed under the very permissive MIT license.