26-Jan-2026 — walks: add map-based venue selection and bidirectional postcode sync #132

build 436 — commit f46166e

Summary

Additional enhancements to venue management: interactive map selection, OS Explorer style markers, and prompts to keep venue and starting point aligned.

User Guide

Walk Editing - Adding Venue Details

URL: /walks/edit/<walk-id> → Details tab → Route & Venue section What's Changed

• Venue details have moved from the Links tab to the Route & Venue tab, keeping all location-related information in one place
• Route and Venue can be toggled independently or viewed together
• Venue and starting point stay in step:
• When you update the venue postcode, you'll be prompted to update the walk starting point to match
• When you update the starting point, you'll be prompted to update the venue postcode to match Search Previous (Default)
• Type to search across all previously used venues
• Results sorted by distance from walk start point (nearest venues shown first)
• Shows usage count and last-used date for each venue
• Select a venue to auto-fill all fields (name, address, postcode, type, URL) Website URL
• Paste a venue's website URL (e.g., https://www.theredlion.co.uk)
• Click "Fetch Details" to automatically extract venue information
• System checks local venues first, then scrapes the website if needed
• Use the search button next to URL field to find a venue's website Smart Paste
• Copy venue details from any website (e.g., a pub's contact page)
• Paste into the text area and click "Parse & Apply"
• Intelligently extracts name, address lines, postcode, and URL
• Confidence score indicates how well the text was parsed Map
• Interactive split-panel view with venue markers on the left
• Filter venues by type using the dropdown (pub, cafe, car park, etc.)
• Click an existing marker to select that venue
• Click anywhere on the map to create a new venue at that location
• OS Explorer style pins show venue type icons Starting Point Integration
• Prompts are optional
• choose "Yes" to sync or "No" to keep them different
• This reduces duplicate data entry when the walk starts from the venue
• Useful when venue and meeting point are the same location

Administration - Managing Venues

URL: /admin/venue-settings Administrators can also access venue management via the "Manage Venues" button shown on the walk edit venue section (admin users only). Venue List

• View all stored venues with name, address, type, and usage statistics
• Sort by name, usage count, or last used date
• Search to filter the venue list Adding Venues
• Click "Add Venue" to create a new venue
• Enter name, address lines, postcode, type, and optional website URL
• Postcode is automatically geocoded for map positioning Editing Venues
• Click any venue to edit its details
• Update venue type using the icon-based dropdown
• Changes apply to future walks; existing walks retain their data Venue Types
• Pub (beer mug icon)
• Cafe (coffee cup icon)
• Restaurant (utensils icon)
• Car Park (parking icon)
• Church (cross icon)
• Hall (building icon)
• Station (train icon)
• Other (map marker icon)

Technical

New Components

• VenueEditorComponent: reusable venue editing form
• VenueLookupComponent: tabbed interface for venue search methods
• VenueMapSelectorComponent: interactive map with venue markers

Enhancements

• OS Explorer style teardrop pins with venue type icons
• Local venue lookup by base URL before web scraping
• Fire station recognition in venue parser
• DRY field references using EventField enum in migrations
• Mobile responsive toggle layout
• Consistent button heights and text alignment

Venue Management:

• Add venue smart paste to parse venue details from clipboard text
• Add venue autocomplete with distance-based sorting from walk start point
• Create new VenueService, StoredVenueService, and VenueParserService
• Add venue settings admin page and backend API endpoints
• Implement venue type selection with icons (pub, cafe, restaurant, etc.)
• Fix venue selection to properly clear old field values Map View:
• Add fullscreen map toggle for expanded walk viewing
• Ensure map centres correctly when a GPX route is displayed on it
• Finer graduations added to Zoom controls Walk List & Search:
• Simplify walk list by removing client-side pagination (server always returns 10 rows)
• Load area groups once on service startup and share via ReplaySubject
• Advanced search now uses cached group data instead of separate API calls
• Remove dead code (replaceWalkInList, lookupPlaceName) Related Links Tab:
• Reorder tabs to: Ramblers, OS Maps, Meetup (Ramblers as default)
• Add section titles for Ramblers, OS Maps, and Meetup tabs
• Remove duplicate frame wrapper from Meetup component
• Move DetailsTab enum from component to walk.model.ts Meeting Point:
• Fix alignment between Meeting Time and Meeting Location inputs
• Add venue postcode prompt to update walk starting point
• Add option to use venue as meeting point