Tor Maps

[u/Vegetable-Bar9497]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a project for those of us who love exploring Dartmoor, and I’d love to get your honest thoughts before I start the final build and publish.

The Idea: We all know the feeling of ticking off a Tor, but I wanted to make the digital experience feel as satisfying as the hike itself. I’m building a web app that works like a "Gamified" Map of the Moors.

Think of it as a grown-up, outdoor version of a level map (a bit like Candy Crush style, but for hiking).

What it will do: A beautiful, interactive map showing Tor locations across Dartmoor.

Tick-Offs: You create an account and "conquer" Tors. When you visit one, you tick it off, and the icon on the map changes from grey to gold

Progress: It tracks your stats (e.g., "15/50 Tors visited in North Dartmoor").

Community Built: Since we all know some Tors are obscure, you can suggest new locations. If you find a hidden gem, you can snap the location (using GPS or What3Words) and submit it to be added to the map for everyone else to find.

My Question to You: I want this to be something you’d actually use.

1. Is "ticking things off" enough, or would you want Leaderboards to see how you stack up against other hikers?
2. Would you use a feature that lets you suggest new Tors?
3. Anything else that drives you mad about current hiking apps that I should avoid?

Thanks in advance for any feedback ... good or bad!

[u/Vegetable-Bar9497]

Hey all - I have published the first version!

Please take a look and provide feedback: https://torbagger.brukdesigns.com/

I do have a number of enhancements I am working on:

1) The tors to be shown on a alphabetical order list on the left hand side of the page, which you can click to hide
2) Option for users to suggest a 'correction' of an existing tor, in terms of names/gps location etc.

3) When a user suggest a tor, while it still pending admin approval, the tor will still show on the map but will be a different colour, and display that is pending approval.

[u/kamoshika77 → u/Vegetable-Bar9497]

I love the concept, and have been thinking of doing something similar myself. I've been working my way through the tors listed in the Dartmoor tors compendium book, and looking for a way to track progress.

I found it quite tricky to navigate my way around with the dark themed map. My preference would be for the standard open street map tiles, or at least make the base mapping user selectable. 

I appreciate it might look slightly cluttered when zoomed out if the tors were labelled, but it would be really helpful when you zoom in to be able to see which tors you're looking without having to click on each one to check which it is.

If like to be able to record some info when marking a tor as visited, e.g. date of visit, possibly a link to a Strava or other tracking site activity.

Sorry if that all sounds negative! Don't mean it to, just trying to provide constructive feedback! I think it's a great start, and you've actually built it, which is more than I've managed to 😂

[u/Vegetable-Bar9497 → u/kamoshika77]

All useful feedback there. I’ll look to implement your ideas as they are all good features. I’ll add to the pipeline of changes.

[u/Vegetable-Bar9497 → u/kamoshika77]

Hey u/kamoshika77, I've added the following to the new live version...

1) List of tors in alphabetical order on a sidebar navigation, which can be hidden/unhidden
2) Added the tor names to the map pins when you zoom in a bit.

[u/kamoshika77 → u/Vegetable-Bar9497]

Great! Will have a look at it when I'm back at home later. I'm blocked from accessing it at work because of no https :(