openclimbing.org

Authors:

Pavel Zbytovský, Jan Václavík

License:

GNU GPL (free of charge)

Platform:

Web

Status:

Active

Version:

1.7.0 (2025-06-26)

Languages:

German, Czech, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Amharic, Japanese, and Chinese

Website:

https://openclimbing.org

Source code:

https://github.com/zbycz/osmapp

Programming language:

TypeScript

Application for mapping climbing areas and creating interactive climbing guides. All data is open and anyone can edit it – similar to Wikipedia.

Features

Feature	Value
Map Display
Display map	?
Map data	vector
Source	?
Rotate map	?
3D view	yes
Shows website	yes
Shows phone number	?
Shows operation hours	yes
Routing
Routing	?
Create route manually	?
Calculate route	yes
Create route via Waypoints	?
Routing profiles	?
Turn restrictions	?
Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing)	?
Routing providers	?
Avoid traffic	?
Traffic Provider	?
Navigating
Navigate	?
Find location	?
Find nearby POIs	?
Navigate to point	yes
Navigation with voice / Voice guidance	?
Keep on road	?
Lane guidance	?
Works without GPS	?
Navigate along predefined route	?
Tracking ?
Monitoring ?
Editing
Add POIs	yes
Edit / Delete POIs	yes
Add way	?
Edit geometries	?
Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects	?
Edit relations	yes
View notes	?
Create notes	?
Edit notes	?
Work offline	?
Support imagery offset DB	?
Upload to OSM	yes
Rendering ?
Accessibility ?

openclimbing.org is a web and mobile app for mapping climbing areas and creating interactive climbing guides. All data is open and anyone can edit it – similar to Wikipedia.

Application is developed as open-source, it uses OpenStreetMap for storing climbing routes and images are shared via Wikimedia Commons, which allows easy and efficient sharing of information.

It uses climbing tags and climbing path notation.

Features

Open data only - all climbing guides are saved only in public databases OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons
Cartographic first approach - Showing all climbing areas / crags / routes / gyms / via ferratas on the map
Climbing editor for drawing climbing routes in the photo (everything is saved in OSM according to wikimedia_commons:path schema)
3D view of the map
Grade conversion - it's possible to convert all gradings to your favorite grading system
Crag filtering
Logbook - User can log his ticks (beta - only saved in the browser)
Open-source

Technical overview

We are extensively using the existing tagging from OSM Wiki page Climbing and sport=climbing.

The application has three technical components:

Feature Panel - shows overview of the climbing=area, climbing=crag and climbing=route_bottom along with all images from many possible sources (Wikimedia Commons, image=*, street view services, etc.)
Climbing Dialog - shows detailed topo for relations climbing=crag showing each member route and its wikimedia_commons:path over the image from Wikimedia Commons. Also contains an editor which saves the data directly to OSM.

Climbing Tiles - offers the vector slippy map of custom design.
- Almost every feature related to climbing is displayed with crag icon (▲) over the map, climbing=area with the double mountain icon (⛰️).
- Areas are rendered up to two levels deep - areas and super-areas.
- Features with images are blue/red.
- Specific routes are colored according to their grade in any classification system.
- via ferratas and climbing gyms are shown with separate icons.
- Full definition here.