trails/openspec/changes/journal-elevation-profile/design.md
Ullrich Schäfer 26b59b9c95
openspec: propose journal route/activity detail catch-up changes
Three OpenSpec proposals to bring the journal's route/activity detail and feed
closer to best-in-class outdoor apps, in the order we'll implement them:

- activity-sport-type: nullable sport enum on activities (hike/walk/run/
  ride/gravel/mtb/ski/other), set on create or normalized on import,
  shown as a badge + feed verb, federated as a Note PropertyValue.
- activity-stats: one reusable StatRow + canonical metric set, sport-aware
  avg pace/speed, moving-vs-elapsed time. Derive-only, no schema change.
- journal-elevation-profile: elevation profile chart + chart<->map
  "active distance" hover/click sync on the read-only detail pages.

All three validate with `openspec validate --strict`. Specs only; no code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-12 13:56:24 +02:00

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## Context
`@trails-cool/gpx` already parses trackpoints with elevation; the detail loaders
already build GeoJSON for the map. The Planner's `elevation-map-interaction`
spec defines the hover/click/drag behavior in an editing context (Yjs-backed).
The Journal detail pages are read-only React Router routes that render a Leaflet
map (`ClientMap` / `RouteMapThumbnail.client`) but no chart.
## Goals / Non-Goals
**Goals**
- A self-contained, read-only elevation profile on both detail pages.
- A shared "active distance" so the map and chart highlight the same point.
**Non-Goals**
- No editing (the Planner owns reshape/drag-select-to-zoom); clicking the chart
centers the map but changes no data.
- No multi-series overlay (HR/pace/cadence) — we don't store per-point fitness
data, and it's out of scope/ethos.
- No schema or API changes; the series is derived from existing `gpx`.
## Decisions
### D1: Series derivation
A helper returns an array of `{ distance, elevation, lat, lng }` samples from
the GPX (reusing the gpx package's parse), downsampled to a sensible cap (e.g.
~500 points) for chart performance. Computed in the loader (server) so the chart
component stays presentational.
### D2: Chart rendering
An SVG area chart (no charting dependency): x = cumulative distance, y =
elevation, gradient fill keyed to gradient steepness using the existing
`map-core` elevation/gradient color scale. A summary strip beneath shows ascent,
descent, highest, and lowest — formatted via the shared stat helpers from
`activity-stats` when present, else local formatting.
### D3: Shared "active distance" state
The detail page lifts an `activeDistance | null` state above both the map and
the chart:
- Hovering the chart sets `activeDistance`; the map shows a marker at the
interpolated lat/lng for that distance.
- Hovering the route polyline on the map sets `activeDistance` (nearest sample);
the chart draws a crosshair/marker at that x.
- Clicking the chart pans/centers the map on that point.
This mirrors the Planner's interaction conceptually but is read-only and
implemented independently for the Journal surface.
### D4: Graceful absence
If the derived series has no elevation variation or no elevation data (e.g. a
flat import or a planned route without elevation), the chart is not rendered and
the existing gain/loss numbers stand alone.
## Risks / Trade-offs
- **Map↔chart coupling**: the shared state must avoid render thrash on hover;
throttle pointer updates and memoize the interpolation.
- **Reuse vs. duplication with the Planner**: we deliberately implement a
separate read-only component rather than lifting the Planner's editing
component, to keep the Journal free of Yjs/editing concerns. The shared piece
is the gpx series helper and the map-core color scale, not the component.