From 82b15ccda4462c4fbc1f3c9bde3bf4e78f90c519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:52:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] GPS track upload - changes to methiod and location --- handbook/gpxupload.html | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ handbook/index.htm | 6 ++++ handbook/update.htm | 12 ++++--- handbook/uploading.html | 9 +++-- 4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 handbook/gpxupload.html diff --git a/handbook/gpxupload.html b/handbook/gpxupload.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5aaf2fb2e --- /dev/null +++ b/handbook/gpxupload.html @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ + + + +CUCC Expedition Handbook: Uploading files/photos + + + +

CUCC Expedition Handbook

+

Uploading GPS tracks and locations

+ +

The end-result you are trying to achieve

+What you are trying to do is to get your recorded locations (waypoints) and wanderings (tracks) + appear properly in the cave survey database. But you have to upload +the tracks and waypoints in a GPX file to the right place. +

If you are really lazy (or really a beginner) you can use the simple upload method, but there are some +unavoidable complexities in getting the GPX file out of your device. + +

(If you are looking for how to upload some photos instead, those instructions are +here). + +

Instructions: contents

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  1. Get the GPX file that holds your locations and wanderings. +
  2. Upload the GPX file to the proper place. +
+ +

Getting the GPX data out of your phone or device

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  1. Use the "Wikilocs" app (or another app with GPS tracking function) to record your track as you walk across the plateau. +
  2. When you have finished your walk and are back on the internet, publish your track using the app. +
  3. In the app,there is an option to "share" your track by email: +
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    • Share it with yourself i.e. email it to your own email address. +
    • Share it with someone who knows how to do the GPX thing and upload it properly. +
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  4. On your laptop (or possibly on your phone) look at the email and visit the web page by clicking on the link. +
  5. The web page has a "Download" button: click on it. +
  6. It may give you options such as "Garmin", or "File". Choose "File". +
  7. It will ask for a filename to use. Pick something like "northplat-asmith-2018-07-29" (if your name is Aaron Smith) +
  8. A GPX file "northplat-asmith-2018-07-29.gpx" will be downloaded to the Downloads folder on your laptop. +
+ +

+Congratulations. You now have your track recorded using GPS as a GPX file. + + +

Upload instructions

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Simple upload instructions

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  1. Email the public link from the app to someone who knows how to do it.
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  2. Email the GPX file to someone who knows how to do it.
    +GPX files are small, so don't be shy of adding them as attachments. +
+ +

More complex upload instructions

+

Using your own laptop on expo, or after you return from expo: +

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Experienced users

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Experts only

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+ + diff --git a/handbook/index.htm b/handbook/index.htm index b802a4c24..92b0878f2 100644 --- a/handbook/index.htm +++ b/handbook/index.htm @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
Unpredictable in the mountains. Local thunderstoms with rapid run-off are the biggest danger.
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How do I...?

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Where and How

diff --git a/handbook/update.htm b/handbook/update.htm index 18e8b4be4..680e278a0 100644 --- a/handbook/update.htm +++ b/handbook/update.htm @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ very welcome to muck in. It is slowly getting better organised.

This manual is organized in a how-to sort of style. The categories, rather than referring to specific elements of the website, refer to processes that a maintainer would want to do.

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Note that to display the survey data you will need a copy of the survex software.

Contents

@@ -350,9 +351,6 @@ http://expo.survex.com/expo/surveys/surveytable.html http://expo.survex.com/surv

Photos are stored in the general file area of the site under
http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/photos/

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GPS tracks over the surface of the plateau (GPX files from your handheld GPS or phone) are stored in the general file area of the site under
http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/

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They are each organised by year, and by photographer (walker).

@@ -362,7 +360,13 @@ because the website script creates a much friendlier interface

The directory names are like this: "2014/YourName/" (i.e no spaces, CamelCase for names). -

See Photo/GPS/File Upload Instructions for ordeinary expo user instructions on how to do this .

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See Photo/GPS/File Upload Instructions +for ordinary expo user instructions on how to do this .

+ +See GPS tracks instructions for how to upload tracks recorded on your phone +(or handheld GPS device). These tracks (GPX files) are +stored in the cave data version-controlled part of the site and an entirely difference procedure is required. +
diff --git a/handbook/uploading.html b/handbook/uploading.html index 500a34094..9918cad41 100644 --- a/handbook/uploading.html +++ b/handbook/uploading.html @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

CUCC Expedition Handbook

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Uploading photos and GPS tracks

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Uploading Photos

The end-result you are trying to achieve

What you are trying to do is to get your happy holiday snaps appear properly indexed with all the others from the previous decades of expo history. You can see them all here:
If you are really lazy (or really a beginner) you can use the initial simple method for the photos you have taken of cave entrances [for cave survey and prospecting purposes] so long as you label the filenames of the photos very carefully and tell an admin/nerd what you have done. +

If you are looking for how to upload a GPS track, those instructions have been moved to here.

Simple instructions

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  1. Email a photo or two to someone who knows how to do it.
    +(If you are doing more than a few photos, email will be clunky, so use another method).
  2. Use the Expo laptop in the tatty hut. Get someone to show you how to do it.

That's it. There used to be other ways of doing it using browser extensions but these either don't work anymore [since 2017] or the instructions to install them properly have become too complicated. @@ -56,10 +59,6 @@ To make the admin's life easier, create your own folder in 

/home/expo/expof
 directory: /home/expo/expofiles/photos/2018/YourName/
-Or for GPS tracks, do -
-directory: /home/expo/expofiles/gpslogs/2018/YourName/
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Obviously replace 'YourName' with your actual name (no spaces!). It is important that you get this right as this specific way of writing your name is standardised across the website. Use the year that the photo was taken or the GPStrack logged.

Note that uploading photos does not automatically update the view