Long distance hiking leaves plenty of time for reflection, and an accelerated JMT trip I did this fall was no exception. Despite being armed with maps and elevation profiles, I realized that I still wasn’t aware whether a given day would be spent in shady forests or on barren, south-facing slopes. I’d also been pondering […]
I’ve received a few emails asking where the KMZ link in the left bar went. It’s been replaced by a print-to-KMZ option: Why? Because instead of just map layers, KMZ exports can now have markers and lines “printed” on them. These are not traditional KML placemarks – for that, use the standard Export option. Instead, […]
If you’ve ever wanted to change the color on a number of lines at once, the new bulk operations feature will nicely complement folders. The Markers and Shapes boxes, along with folders, now have a Bulk Ops link at the bottom. Bulk operations can only be run on one object type at a time, so […]
Over the years I’ve had a number of users ask for a way to organize markers, lines and polygons within a map. There have also been requests for a way to print only some objects, or to print markers with labels and shapes without, and so on. Today’s post covers a new way to do […]
The past several weeks have seen significant behind-the-scenes performance upgrades to CalTopo, including mass migration of lines and polygons to a more efficient storage format. Some of these changes were not without risk, so if anything looks off, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Only time will tell, but it looks like I’m out […]
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