trails/openspec/changes/journal-route-previews/design.md
Ullrich Schäfer 6aac8bd885
Add map previews to journal route and activity pages
- Route/activity list pages: map thumbnails with route drawn on OSM tiles
- Route/activity detail pages: interactive Leaflet map with zoom controls
- Server: expose GeoJSON from PostGIS via ST_AsGeoJSON (simplified for lists)
- RouteMapThumbnail component: shared, supports thumbnail and interactive modes
- Placeholder shown for routes/activities without geometry
- Archive journal-route-previews change, sync specs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-04 09:42:07 +01:00

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## Context
The journal stores route geometry as PostGIS LineString (SRID 4326) in the `geom` column. The `@trails-cool/map` package provides `MapView` and `RouteLayer` components built on React Leaflet. Currently these are only used by the planner — the journal has zero map UI.
## Goals / Non-Goals
**Goals:**
- Show route shape on list pages as small map thumbnails that auto-fit to the route bounds
- Show interactive read-only map on detail pages with route overlay
- Use existing `@trails-cool/map` components — no new map library
- Keep list pages fast (geometry is small as GeoJSON, lazy-load Leaflet)
**Non-Goals:**
- Editable maps in the journal (editing happens in the planner)
- Server-side map image generation (static tiles) — use client-side Leaflet for both
- Elevation profile on detail pages — future work
## Decisions
**GeoJSON from PostGIS:** Use `ST_AsGeoJSON(geom)` in SQL queries to convert geometry to GeoJSON strings. Parse on the server and include in loader data. This avoids sending raw GPX to the client just for rendering.
**List thumbnails:** Small `MapView` (e.g., 200x150px) with `RouteLayer`, no controls, no interaction (`dragging: false`, `zoomControl: false`). Auto-fit bounds to route with padding. Lazy-loaded via `Suspense` to keep initial page load fast.
**Detail page map:** Full-width `MapView` with standard controls, auto-fit to route. Same `RouteLayer` component.
**Fallback for routes without geometry:** Show a placeholder (e.g., muted map icon) when `geom` is null. This handles legacy routes created before the PostGIS fix.
## Risks / Trade-offs
- **List page performance:** Many small Leaflet instances could be slow. Mitigate with lazy loading and keeping the component simple (no tile layers until visible via Intersection Observer, or just accept the trade-off for v1).
- **Geometry size:** A route with 5000 points produces ~100KB of GeoJSON. For list pages, we could simplify the geometry server-side with `ST_Simplify()` to reduce payload.