trails/openspec/changes/route-surface-breakdown/design.md
Ullrich Schäfer 47f185598d
openspec: propose route-surface-breakdown
Surface + waytype proportion bars on route detail, from the BRouter waytags the
Planner already computes (and currently discards on save). Design records the
data-source decision: persist a compact distance-weighted breakdown for
Planner-created routes (accurate, no external call); Overpass map-matching for
imports/uploads is parked as a future option.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-14 17:13:44 +02:00

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## Context
The Planner computes accurate per-coordinate surface/highway from BRouter's
`messages`/`WayTags` (`apps/planner/.../route-merge.ts``EnrichedRoute`), and
`ColoredRoute` already renders the route coloured by surface. But this metadata
is **session-only**: the planner→journal handoff (`api.save-to-journal`) POSTs
only `{ gpx }` to the Journal callback (`api.routes.$id.callback`), the `routes`
table has no surface column, and GPX carries no surface extensions. So today no
saved route has surface data.
## Goals / Non-Goals
**Goals**
- Surface + waytype proportion bars on route detail, using data we already
compute, with no new external dependency.
**Non-Goals (v1)**
- **Activities / imported / manually-uploaded GPX** — they have no waytags
(bare GPX). They show no breakdown for now (see "Data source" → future
Overpass).
- **Colouring the Journal map line by surface** — needs per-segment data, not
just the summary; a clean follow-up once the bars land.
- Selectable surface-vs-waytype toggle UI beyond showing both bars.
## Decisions
### D1: Data source — persist BRouter waytags at save (Planner routes only)
Two ways to get a breakdown onto the Journal detail page:
- **(A, chosen) BRouter-at-save** — the Planner already has 100%-accurate
per-segment surface/highway; compute the distribution there at save and
persist it. Accurate, cheap, no external call. **Limitation:** only
Planner-created routes (activities/uploads have no waytags).
- **(B, future) Overpass map-matching** — snap arbitrary route geometry to OSM
ways and read `surface`/`highway` server-side. Covers imports/uploads, but
it's expensive, approximate, rate-limited, and an external dependency. Parked
for when we want imports covered (the repo already proxies Overpass for POIs).
v1 ships (A). Routes without the data degrade to no bars.
### D2: Store a compact distance-weighted summary, not per-segment data
The bars need **proportions**, not geometry. At save, sum the haversine length
of each coordinate segment into its surface bucket (and highway bucket),
yielding `{ surface: { asphalt: <m>, gravel: <m>, … }, highway: { … } }`
(metres per category). This is tiny (a handful of keys), stored as a nullable
`surface_breakdown` jsonb on `routes`. Per-segment data (for future map line
colouring) is deliberately *not* persisted in v1 — that's a bigger payload and
a separate feature.
### D3: Handoff carries it
`api.save-to-journal` adds `surfaceBreakdown` to the POST body alongside `gpx`;
the Journal callback validates (Zod, all values ≥ 0) and stores it. The field
is optional, so the handoff stays backward-compatible and non-Planner callers
(if any) are unaffected. Re-saving a route recomputes/overwrites it.
### D4: Rendering
A `SurfaceBreakdown` component renders one horizontal stacked bar per dimension
(surface, then waytype): segments sized by percentage, coloured via
`SURFACE_COLORS` / `HIGHWAY_COLORS` (`DEFAULT_*` for unknown), with a legend
listing each category + km + percent (largest first). Unknown/unmapped tags
collapse into an "other" segment. Hidden entirely when `surface_breakdown` is
null or empty. Labels via i18n; distances via `stats.ts`.
## Risks / Trade-offs
- **Coverage gap** — only Planner routes get bars in v1. Acceptable: routes are
*designed* in the Planner, which is exactly where "how much gravel" matters.
Imports get bars later via (B).
- **Tag sparsity** — OSM `surface` is often missing; those segments bucket as
`unknown`/"other". We show it honestly rather than guessing.
- **Stale on edit** — editing a route's geometry elsewhere without re-routing
could leave the breakdown stale; recomputing on every Planner save keeps it
fresh for the normal flow.