ethermap/README.md

# ethermap 

> This is very much a janky _earlydays_ project. All help is welcome!

An interactive map tool. A tool for collaborative planning on maps. Anyone can create new maps, and add, modify and delete locations on any map.

## Install

Ethermap is built in JavaScript (soz) using NodeJS. To install you can do so by running the following commands.

To install all dependencies for the front and backend :
```sh 
$ npm run install
```
You will then need to create a `.env` file in the root folder. There is a `.env.template` that you can copy as a guide. For a dev server you can simply copy and paste the template leaving it as is.

Then migrate the database structure :
```sh 
$ npm run migrate:latest
```

Then you should be able to run the dev server :
```sh 
$ npm run dev
```

You should now be able to access ethermaps on [`http://localhost:3000`](http://localhost:3000/) (or whichever port you configured in your `.env` file).

## Desires

Minimal viable functionality for this project is the following :

- Anyone can create a map
- Anyone can create, modify and delete points on a map that contain at least
    - name of point
    - notes on said point
- Everyone can see current users _live_
    - users can choose their name
    - users can choose their cursor colour
    - user data should be remembered across visits

Things that ethermap should/could do in the future :

- points
    - edits are all recorded
- users
    - users can chat
    - users can also draw polygons and make labels that are not necessarily "points of interest"
- notes
    - notes should be rich
    - note updates should also be "live"
    - notes should be attributed to users who wrote/edited them
- _osmAnd Sync!_