HELP : Guidebook - map tool

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This tutorial provides some help to handle the map tool on camptocamp.org.

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To go to the Map Tool of camptocamp.org, go to the Guidebook then click on Map tool...
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...which leads you here by default.




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The Map can be enlarged...
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...and different layers, ie different objects can be displayed.
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Various map backgrounds are available.




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You can move the Map...
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...or center the Map on a chosen city (click on the right name in the displayed list).

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To center quickly on YOUR position, you have to allow camptocamp to do so...
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...and here it goes!




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You can zoom in/ zoom out the map with the mouse cursor, or zoom out at max using the PLanet pictogram.
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It's possible as well to zoom on a chosen area with the Zoom pictogram.

  • A double-click on any part of the Map will center the Map on this point and will zoom to the upper level.
  • Using the mouse scroll wheel, you can simply zoom in /zoom out.
  • Holding the Shift key of the keyboard, you can choose an area to enlarge by delimiting it with the mouse cursor.




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Coordinates of a point (pointed by the mouse cursor) are displayed under the Map.
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You can copy the Permalink of the Map with its displayed objects (such as summits or huts...) and paste it elsewhere (forum, blog...).

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With (and only with) the official French maps background (known as IGN), you can measure distances.





It is possible to get a list of objects (such as huts, crags...) :
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First, zoom enough on the Map.
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The select the objects you want to see displayed, then circumscribe an area in which you want these objects.
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The list is then displayed under the map, and the objects on the map are highlighted by a green arrow.
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To see where on the map is one of the objects of the list, please click next to the name (not on it) on the list : the green arrow is then enlarged to help you to locate the object.

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Version #2, date 28 January 2011