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Ridgeway

A trail and route theme with elevation profiles that are SVG, not a canvas.

== Description ==

Route pages are read on a phone in a field with one bar of signal. Ridgeway renders elevation profiles as inline SVG on the server, keeps the route summary at the top as plain text, and makes the whole page work without a map tile ever loading.

GPX files produce distance, ascent, and the profile automatically. The file stays downloadable, because that is what people actually want.

Route cards print to one page including the profile and the summary, which is the offline backup that matters when the phone dies.

== Screenshots ==

Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.

== Installation ==

  • Install and activate the theme.
  • Create a route and upload its GPX.
  • Everything else is derived.

Maps are optional and click-to-load. Nothing about the route page depends on them.

== Frequently asked questions ==

Which GPX flavours?

Tracks and routes, from the six common devices and apps. Malformed files are reported rather than silently half-parsed.

Elevation accuracy?

Taken from the file. If the device recorded barometric altitude the profile says so, because GPS elevation and barometric elevation disagree by tens of metres.

== Changelog ==

= 1.4.0 =

  • Elevation source noted on the profile, since GPS and barometric readings differ materially.
  • One-page print layout for route cards.

= 1.2.0 =

  • Server-rendered SVG profiles replacing the canvas chart.