Add extra labels on routes, eg splits, merges, linkups MAKE VIDEO

[brendanheywood]

UPDATE: probably do this as a series of short animated gifs instead, or to augment the video

This is done, and is the most tangible new feature in the topos that will have a massive impact in usability for topos across the site.

This is done, but this issue is about making a video demo of it in action, writing it up in the article and general article cleanup.

Video 1: New topo tool

• [ ] speed!
• [ ] crispness, vectors, hidden segments
• [ ] hover, selection, multi selection
• [ ] stacking by grade
• [ ] zoom when viewing
• [ ] zoom when editing
• [ ] labels anywhere
• [ ] fast drawing of linkups, splits merges
• [ ] snapping, turning snapping off using control
• [ ] area topos
• [ ] lines, no lines, advanced lines, mid edge snap

Best practice:

• all link ups variants, etc should be the full route, not just the extra segment. Why? in some contexts we highlight the route, or only show just that route. If we don't have the full route it's misleading
• all shared segments between link up should exactly overlap - use the clone tool - why? less clutter on top of the photo, and it's better to know that the segments are shared rather than thinking they might be separate cracks
• labels should rarely be on the same point - less ambitious the better
• on complex topos a quick rule of thumb is to move the label to the middle of each segment - why: get the labels away from other labels, and not obscuring key rock features
• if you have lots of routes and the labels overlaps stagger them up and down as you go along
• on traverses or long wandering pitches add multiple labels

[brendanheywood]

In prep for this, and also so that lots of people see the new labeling functionality, I've done an audit and cleanup of all topos in these crags:

https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/nowra/thompsons-point https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/oatlands https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/kangaroo-point https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/frog-buttress https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/mt-coolum https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/brooyar https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/coffs-harbour/fort-knox https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/arapiles

[brendanheywood]

Simon re your message elsewhere, my plan is to make a couple videos, put them into an article, along with some static pics, set those pics to be the og:image for the help article and then post that help article onto FB.