---
title: "Trail documentation and publishing method"
type: protocol
locale: en
url: https://liminalfutures.com/protocols/trail-documentation
summary: "A field method for mapping hiking loops, documenting their points of interest and publishing curated profiles on the hiking platforms less experienced walkers use."
---

# Trail documentation and publishing method

Type: protocol
Maturity: method
People: Ginevra D’Agostino; Gabriele Pizzi
Organizations: Liminal
Places: Monti Prenestini
Challenges: Reviving Trails

## Summary

A field method for mapping hiking loops, documenting their points of interest and publishing curated profiles on the hiking platforms less experienced walkers use.

## Work

## What this is

Routes chosen with the local CAI section, base maps prepared in GIS, morning field outings in teams of four researchers and a CAI volunteer — navigator, GPX tracker, point-of-interest documenter, photographer — and afternoons spent cleaning the data. Each trail ends as a description sheet: refined GPX track, georeferenced points of interest, technical data, accessibility and critical points, and a narrative description.

## What problem it was made for

Monti Prenestini had few curated, well-described trails on the platforms that less experienced hikers and proximity tourists use to plan a day out.

## Where it came from

Reviving Trails, Monti Prenestini, September 2024: 7 itineraries, 41.5 km and 81 points of interest, published as 28 profiles on AllTrails, Komoot, Wikiloc and Outdooractive.

## How to use it

Favour loops of low or intermediate difficulty that start from historic centres or accessible points, on CAI trails with signage in good condition. Each description sheet is then adapted to the language and interface of each platform.

## Reuse

The report found the method strongly dependent on weather, and photographs and narrative uneven from team to team: consistent quality needs specific training and more detailed guidelines. License to be confirmed.

## Related

- Authored by [Ginevra D’Agostino](/people/ginevra-dagostino)
- Authored by [Gabriele Pizzi](/people/gabriele-pizzi)
- Authored by [Liminal](/organizations/liminal)
- Applies to [Monti Prenestini](/places/monti-prenestini)
- Produced during [Reviving Trails](/challenges/reviving-trails)