Family Trip Command Center is an open-source dashboard that manages group travel logistics through a command-center interface. The tool replaces standard planning methods by tracking convoy routes, simulating arrival times, and coordinating meals and activities for multiple families traveling together.

https://github.com/andrewjiang/palantir-for-family-trips…

andrewjiang/palantir-for-family-trips

Source: https://github.com/andrewjiang/palantir-for-family-trips

Family Trip Command Center

A Palantir-ish dashboard for a very non-Palantir problem: getting a few families to Pine Mountain Lake and Yosemite without losing the plot.

Instead of a normal trip planner, this repo treats a long weekend like an operation: convoy routes, arrival windows, mission launches, meal logistics, family checklists, and a giant map that makes everything feel more serious than it needs to be.

What It Does

• Tracks multiple families arriving from different cities.
• Simulates driving routes, convoy departures, and day-by-day timeline playback.
• Organizes the trip into itinerary, stay, meals, activities, expenses, and family views.
• Presents the whole thing as a dark, command-center-style dashboard because that is more fun than a spreadsheet.

Screens

Mission launch overlay

Activity planning surface

Meal logistics surface

Why This Exists

Because “three families are trying to get to the same cabin” is already a systems problem.

The repo is intentionally overbuilt for a small real-life use case. That is the point. It is a fun UI experiment, a trip-planning toy, and a mildly absurd attempt to make a family weekend feel like a live operations room.

Stack

• React 19
• Vite
• Google Maps JavaScript API
• Lucide icons
• Framer Motion

Running It Locally

npm install
cp .env.example .env
npm run dev

Open http://127.0.0.1:5173 or whatever Vite prints.

Environment

For the full map experience, add a browser Maps key to .env:

VITE_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_browser_maps_key_here

Optional:

VITE_GOOGLE_MAP_ID=your_optional_google_map_id

Without a key, the app still renders its UI but the live Google map layer will not fully initialize.

Data / Privacy

The trip data in this repo is intentionally sanitized for public sharing.

• Family names are demo names.
• The basecamp address is generalized.
• Access instructions, Wi-Fi, host details, and other private trip notes are removed.

If you publish this with your own Google Maps key, usage is billed to your Google Cloud project.

Repo Notes

• State is stored locally in the browser.
• The project is optimized for desktop and large-screen dashboard vibes.
• The UI intentionally leans dense, dramatic, and slightly over-the-top.

If You Want To Hack On It

Good places to start:

• src/App.jsx for the main shell, timeline, and overlays
• src/CommandMap.jsx for route rendering, playback, and map behavior
• src/tripModel.js for the seeded trip document and helper logic

Status

Built for fun. Surprisingly usable. Not pretending to be enterprise software.