Trek & mountaineering routing
Domain
The Mt Everest and K2 might be the most heard about expeditions from the Himalayas, but the lower ranges of the Himalayan mountain ranges over a larger trekking destinations for hardcore trekkers, bikers and even some mountain cycling enthusiasts (like myself). The trek routes are generally not documented and you need to rely on local guides or make sure you have someone who’s covered the route before. These trek routes pass by tiny isolated villages that act as a point to recharge supplies as well as a marker for the route. The same destination can sometimes be reached via different routes depending on the abilities (rock climbing), mode of transport (by foot,cycle,SUV) and also the season.
A graph would be an ideal way to represent this data and help find routes to various destinations based on your preferences.
PS: Also storing gps coordinates and overlaying this information on a map would be a great addition.
Setup
Sample data is a subset of the above image (i’ve modified a lot of data to allow demo of various queries)
CREATE (Rimbik:town{name:'Rimbik'})
CREATE (Darjeeling:town{name:'Darjeeling'})
CREATE Darjeeling-[:PublicTransport{distance:15,name:'Darjeeling-Rimbik',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Rimbik
CREATE Darjeeling-[:road{distance:15,name:'Darjeeling-Rimbik',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Rimbik
CREATE Darjeeling-[:trek{distance:15,name:'Darjeeling-Rimbik',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Rimbik
CREATE (BhikeBhanja:village{name:'BhikeBhanja'})
CREATE Rimbik-[:trek{distance:18,name:'Rimbik-BhikeBhanja',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->BhikeBhanja
CREATE (Sandakphu:peak{name:'Sandakphu',altitude:'12400 ft'})
CREATE BhikeBhanja-[:trek{distance:4,name:'BhikeBhanja-Sandakphu',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sandakphu
CREATE (Sirikhola:village{name:'Sirikhola'})
CREATE Rimbik-[:trek{distance:4,name:'Rimbik-Sirikhola',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sirikhola
CREATE Rimbik-[:twowheeler{distance:4,name:'Rimbik-Sirikhola',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sirikhola
CREATE (Gurdum:village{name:'Gurdum'})
CREATE Sirikhola-[:trek{distance:6,name:'Sirikhola-Gurdum',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Gurdum
CREATE Sirikhola-[:twowheeler{distance:6,name:'Sirikhola-Gurdum',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Gurdum
CREATE Gurdum-[:trek{distance:12,name:'Gurdum-Sandakphu',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sandakphu
CREATE Gurdum-[:twowheeler{distance:12,name:'Gurdum-Sandakphu',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sandakphu
CREATE (Tumbling:village{name:'Tumbling'})
CREATE Darjeeling-[:trek{distance:10,name:'Darjeeling-Tumbling',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Tumbling
CREATE Darjeeling-[:road{distance:10,name:'Darjeeling-Tumbling',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Tumbling
CREATE (Gairibus:village{name:'Gairibus'})
CREATE Tumbling-[:trek{distance:8,name:'Tumbling-Gairibus',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Gairibus
CREATE Tumbling-[:road{distance:8,name:'Tumbling-Gairibus',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Gairibus
CREATE Tumbling-[:twowheeler{distance:8,name:'Tumbling-Gairibus',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Gairibus
CREATE Rimbik-[:trek{distance:7,name:'Rimbik-Tumbling',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Tumbling
CREATE Gairibus-[:trek{distance:10,name:'Gairibus-BhikeBhanja',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->BhikeBhanja
CREATE Gairibus-[:road{distance:10,name:'Gairibus-BhikeBhanja',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->BhikeBhanja
CREATE Gairibus-[:twowheeler{distance:10,name:'Gairibus-BhikeBhanja',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->BhikeBhanja
CREATE (Rammam:village{name:'Rammam'})
CREATE Sirikhola-[:trek{distance:7,name:'Sirikhola-Rammam',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Rammam
CREATE Sirikhola-[:twowheeler{distance:7,name:'Sirikhola-Rammam',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Rammam
CREATE Rammam-[:trek{distance:10,name:'Rammam-Gurdum',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Gurdum
CREATE Rammam-[:road{distance:10,name:'Rammam-Gurdum',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Gurdum
CREATE Rammam-[:twowheeler{distance:10,name:'Rammam-Gurdum',summer:'false',winter:'true'}]->Gurdum
CREATE (Sabargram:peak{name:'Sabargram',altitude:'10000 ft'})
CREATE Rammam-[:trek{distance:14,name:'Rammam-Sabargram',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->Sabargram
CREATE Sabargram-[:trek{distance:15,name:'Rammam-Sabargram',summer:'true',winter:'true'}]->SandakphuGraph Explanation
Towns are places which can be reached by public transport, the expedition starts from a town and ends on a peak. Villages are intermediary points.
The different types of routes between nodes are represented by a relationship. There are 4 types of relationships (trek,twowheeler,road,public transport). See first image in this gist to get an idea.
Sample of relationships between nodes.
MATCH (a:village { name: 'Sirikhola' }),(b:village{ name: 'Gurdum' }) MATCH (a)-[r]->(b) RETURN rUse Cases
Find all peaks where i can go on a cycle expedition
MATCH (p:peak)-[:twowheeler*]-(t:town)
return DISTINCT(p.name)List base towns for all cycle routes to Sandakphu
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})-[:twowheeler*]-(t:town) return DISTINCT(t.name)Give me the full routes from Rimbik
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})-[r:twowheeler*]-(t:town{name:'Rimbik'}) return distinct(r)But are these routes open in summer ?
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})-[r:twowheeler*{summer:'true'}]-(t:town{name:'Rimbik'}) return distinct(r)Awesome now I’m off !!
Find me car routes for winter to Sandakphu
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})-[r:road*{winter:'true'}]-(t:town) return distinct(t.name)None ? Ok, I don’t mind trekking the last part to the peak after parking my car.
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})-[r:trek*{winter:'true'}]-(v:village)-[r2:road*]-(t:town) return distinct(t.name)Give me the above routes from Darjeeling to Sandakphu
MATCH (p:peak{name:'Sandakphu'})<-[r:trek*{winter:'true'}]-(v:village)<-[r2:road*]-(t:town{name:'Darjeeling'})
return r,r2I’ve got 3 options so i’ll pick the one with the least treking (in results r is trek section,r2 is road section) I’ll go Darjeeling-Tumbling-Gairibus-BhikeBhanja by car and the last BhikeBhanja-Sandakphu on foot!!
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