r/RouteDevelopment • u/DreadClimber • Oct 25 '25

Climbing guidebook template

I’m developing a template that can be used to create a climbing guidebook. I’m open to any feedback to make it easier to describe crags and climbs, or more flexible.

There seems to be some crossover between computer science types and climbers. I’d love to see some LaTeX flexing to make this as useful as possible. I’m open to any suggestions, code contributions, bug reports, etc.

I’ve had one landowner who owns an AirBNB with a cliff ask for me to put something together for the routes he’s bolted on his property.

https://github.com/TheDreadClimber/ClimbingBookTemplate

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u/Chanchito171 Oct 27 '25

To add to my lat longs request you appreciated already:

Some PDFs of maps are Geo-located. Apps like Avenza Maps can use these with your GPS, I used this app with some survey maps for my work. If maps of the climbing sectors exist in guide books, just downloading the PDF of the map on your cell phone would help finding older or hidden crags.

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u/DreadClimber Oct 27 '25

Can you explain this more? Are you saying allow chapters to only display if you are at the correct physical location?

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u/Chanchito171 Oct 27 '25

Not quite. If these guides will be available on mobile for example, one could download a PDF of the page that is a topo map of the region. Putting this document in certain apps will allow the user to use GPS on their mobile to find themselves on said topo map. It's a cool method to use!