P0 — stop the bleeding:
- Honor place.image_url in MapView and TripPlannerPage to skip redundant fetchPhoto calls
- Trim Place Details field mask (drop reviews/editorialSummary from default; new getPlaceDetailsExpanded for inspector)
- Admin toggle places_photos_enabled (default ON) to kill Google photo fetches under quota pressure; Wikimedia unaffected
- Return { photoUrl: null } instead of 204 so client handles disabled state cleanly
P1 — structural fix:
- New placePhotoCache service: persistent disk cache at uploads/photos/google/<sha1>.jpg, atomic writes, stampede dedup via in-flight Map
- Migrations 105-107: google_place_photo_meta table, place_details_cache table, backfill signed Google URLs to stable proxy URLs
- getPlacePhoto rewrites to fetch image bytes directly, store on disk, return /api/maps/place-photo/:id/bytes proxy URL
- Stable proxy URLs written to places.image_url — survive container restarts, no expiry
- New GET /api/maps/place-photo/:placeId/bytes route serving cached files with long-lived Cache-Control
- Place Details DB row cache with 7-day TTL; ?refresh=1 escape hatch
- photoService fast-path: proxy URLs bypass the mapsApi round-trip and go straight to urlToBase64
Bug fixes:
- MapView now requests base64 thumbs for places with proxy image_url (markers were showing color fallback)
- createPlaceIcon accepts /api/maps/place-photo/ URLs as interim fallback while thumb generates
- setSelectedAssignmentId ReferenceError in mobile day-detail handler (use selectAssignment)
- Remove redundant decodeURIComponent on already-decoded Express route param
- Use SHA1 hash for disk filenames to prevent coords:lat:lng pseudo-ID collisions
- Add checkSsrf guard to Wikimedia byte fetch
- Tighten migration 107 LIKE filter to avoid rewriting manually-pasted Google image URLs
- Validate enabled is boolean on PUT /admin/places-photos
- Drop aggressive iconCache.clear() on every thumb arrival
Observability:
- googleFetch() wrapper counts and debug-logs every outbound Google API call with running total
Adds from/to endpoints to flight/train/cruise/car reservations with
live map rendering. Flights use geodesic arcs and a curved duration +
distance badge; train/car/cruise render as straight or geodesic lines
with endpoint markers. Airports come from an embedded OurAirports
database (~3200 airports, offline-capable); train/cruise/car locations
via Nominatim. Per-trip connection toggle sits in the day plan
sidebar, persisted in localStorage. Clicking a map endpoint opens the
existing transport detail popup. New display setting toggles endpoint
labels on the map. Migration 105 adds the reservation_endpoints table
plus needs_review flag; existing flights are backfilled from their
IATA metadata on server startup.
- Map pans up when DayDetailPanel is open so route markers aren't hidden
- Files lightbox: clicking dark background closes lightbox again
- Memories lightbox: clicking dark background closes lightbox again
Store & re-render optimization:
- TripPlannerPage uses selective Zustand selectors instead of full store
- placesSlice only updates affected days on place update/delete
- Route calculation only reacts to selected day's assignments
- DayPlanSidebar uses stable action refs instead of full store
Map marker performance:
- Shared photoService for PlaceAvatar and MapView (single cache, no duplicate requests)
- Client-side base64 thumbnail generation via canvas (CORS-safe for Wikimedia)
- Map markers use base64 data URL <img> tags for smooth zoom (no external image decode)
- Sidebar uses same base64 thumbnails with IntersectionObserver for visible-first loading
- Icon cache prevents duplicate L.divIcon creation
- MarkerClusterGroup with animate:false and optimized chunk settings
- Photo fetch deduplication and batched state updates
Server optimizations:
- Wikimedia image size reduced to 400px (from 600px)
- Photo cache: 5min TTL for errors (was 12h), prevents stale 404 caching
- Removed unused image-proxy endpoint
UX improvements:
- Splash screen with plane animation during initial photo preload
- Markdown rendering in DayPlanSidebar place descriptions
- Missing i18n keys added, all 12 languages synced to 1376 keys
On mobile/touch devices, Leaflet tooltips disappear immediately on tap
since there is no hover state. This makes the info bubble permanent for
the selected marker on touch devices so it stays readable.
Fixes#249
- Category filter is now a multi-select dropdown with checkboxes
- PlaceAvatar: replace 200ms polling intervals with event-based
notification + React.memo for major performance improvement
- Map photo fetches: concurrency limited to 3 + lazy loading on images
- PlacesSidebar: content-visibility + useMemo for smooth scrolling
- Accommodation labels: check-out now appears before check-in on same day
- Timed places auto-sort chronologically when time is added
Live location:
- Crosshair button on the map toggles GPS tracking
- Blue dot shows live position with accuracy circle (<500m)
- Uses watchPosition for continuous updates
- Button turns blue when active, click again to stop
Auto-sort:
- Places with a time now auto-sort chronologically among other
timed items (transports, other timed places)
- Adding a time to a place immediately moves it to the correct
position in the timeline
- Untimed places keep their manual order_index
Maurice