Trailology
Trail Systems, Networks, Signage - Consulting, Development & Research
"Trailology is the study of trails. ... " - from the Trailology Manifesto
Fields of My Trail Consulting
- Trail System & Network Planning, Development
- Trail Signage & Marking System Design
- Visitor Management & Monitoring
- Mapping, GIS, OpenStreetMap
- Planning of Thematic Routes
- Trail System & Signage Assessment
- Trail Marking and Pilgrimage Guide Instruction, Workshops
- Trail-related Research, Surveys, Reports
- ... see also my Pilgrimage and Trails & Tours pages
Flagship Projects
- Developing a trail network index for trip variety (LTVI), assessing structural properties of trail networks and relating them to trip opportunities
- Developing TRAILSYNCH, a user-centered trail system assessment approach, based on the comparative analysis & synthesis of 4 trail assessment and classification systems (Swiss, USFS, WTN GFT, ERA LQT - Best of Europe) and its application in the Central-Eastern European Trail Systems Study tour (with Helian NaTour Ltd)
- Partnering in the visitor monitoring research of the Pilis Bioshpere Reserve (GIS & visitor flow analysis, data & system engineering) with Benkhard Borbála
- Partnering in consulting with the Paths of Greece & Martina Sedláková for the Mediterranean Trails Network
- Participating in the development of the Trailology Collective, the Natasha Luzhkova Digital Library of Trail Knowledge and the TRAMP methodology (started in Costa Rica, 2020) of rapid assessment of trails under development - related to the World Trails Network
- Trail network assessment case study for the Franconia Ridge loop for the White Mountain Field School & the Pan-American Trail Network (Nathanael Scrimshaw)
- Social network analysis of trail-related posts in a global scale (see publication)
- Lecturing at various institutions, schools and universities on trail systems, GIS & OpenStreetMap, signage / waymarking, guiding, pilgrimages
- ... development of thematic routes, see Trails & Tours
- ... see my academic publications here: https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=ENLrouMAAAAJ&hl=en
Affiliations
Molnár András József e.v.
Consulting - being a private entrepreneur since 2015.
Tax no.: HU67250271
Current and Former Partnerships & Project References
Paths of Greece
Consulting project for the Mediterranean Trails Network - assessment of best practices of international trail system organizations
TrailSynch & CEE Trail Systems Study TOur
A user-centered trail assessment approach and its application for a 7-country, 17-day study tour in Central-Eastern Europe (Helian NaTour)
https://helian.hu/index.php/en/CEE_Study
OpenStreetMap &
Turistautak.hu
Volunteer map contributor
Former collaborator in developing features for turistautak.hu