[stevesearer]

I am decent at writing PHP/WordPress with a basic working knowledge of some js/jQuery.

I wanted to use my GPX files to generate my own private hiking/running log.

With basically zero knowledge specific of GPX files, D3.js, or mapbox before starting I was able to quickly write a plugin that displays a path on a mapbox map as well as generates an elevation profile.

It would have taken me so long to do this before by googling and reading documentation with trial and error I would have stopped the project.

Now I have a working system.