Waypoint Wiki Help

I tried to design Crankfire to give any given person enough confidence (information) to ride someplace new AND enjoy it. I also wanted as little to do with this as possible. The site needed to be community built and self sustaining.

A big part of that of course is our trail maps. Users like you have been uploading GPS data and entering waypoints - plotting trail systems all over the country. Beautiful right? Mostly. You would pull up a map and see lines, all sorts of lines that represented "trails". But what about local knowledge like the names of trails, the difficulty level of a trail, which direction is best to ride a trail, is the trail singletrack, doubletrack?

Enter our poorly named "Waypoint Wiki".

Simply stated the Waypoint Wiki is the means to allow users to mark up trails with such information.

There are two base types of Wiki's in the system:

(1) Basic: A basic Wiki would be trail features that are just that: basic. For example, things like the overall difficulty of a trail, the type of trail (singletrack, doubletrack, fireroad), where rock gardens are, etc.. Basic Wiki Points should always reflect the category and icon they are assigned (this sentence will make more sense as you read on).

(2) Group: On the other hand, let's say a certain stretch of trail has a name and the best way to convey this is with a grouping of Wiki points. Or maybe you want to plot out a proposed GPS route. We consider these "groups".

Understanding Basic vs. Group Wiki's is important, please make sure you understand it.

When viewing any maps, you should see another button on the sidebar titled "WPT WIKI". Clicking on this should bring up the Wiki Interface.

If you are a logged in member of the site, you will see 5 tabs across the top with the "Wiki" tab active. If you are guest of the site, you will only see the "Wiki" tab - which is what we are concerned with right now.

There will be 2 columns, on the left you will see a listing of "Basic Wiki Points" and on the right you will see "Group Wiki Point Sets". Both of these listings have a "S" and "H" checkboxes - the "S" checkbox will Show the subject Wiki, and the "H" provides a means to Hilite it.

To the right of each Wiki sets name you will also see a number in parenthesis - this is the number of points in that wiki set.

Lastly, when you are done hiding, showing, hiliting and/or exploring the Wiki's, you can click on the icon on the top right to close it.

You can also drag and drop the entire Wiki window by its title bar.

It's easy. Doubleclick anywhere on the map that you want to add a Wiki point. The Wiki window will appear with the basic tab active and the latitude and longitude of where you clicked filled in.

Now here is where you need to make the choice: basic or group? If what you are Wiki'ing falls into any category and icon description Category/Icon dropdown box, stick with the basic tab. All you need to do is choose the appropriate Category/Icon and click save. Description is optional.

If you are Wiki'ing a group, click on the 'Group' tab. First off, you must either choose an existing Group to add your point to, or create a new group. To create a new group, simply select the **** Create New Group **** option and you will be presented with 3 more inputs:

1. Group Name [required]: Give it a name.
2. Group Description: Tell us about it.
3. GPS Route: Is this a GPS route? If checked, when the points in this group are displayed, they will be displayed with sequence numbers within in them.

Lastly, choose and icon and give this point it a description.