Better Icons
I'm new to CalTopo and maybe I'm missing something. It appears to me there are two sets of icons; one for SAR use and one for recreational use. Neither (though I would expect to find these in recreation) has many of the most basic icons I would think hikers, campers and riders would use. Trailhead. Trail Marker / Trail Sign. Caution. Impassible. Campsite. It would be great if CalTopo would:
1. Add more of these.
2. Give us the ability to delete or hide those that are never used, or at least let us create a group of frequently used icons. I'd be happy with 5-10.
Thanks!
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You do have the ability to add custom icons to your account: https://training.caltopo.com/all_users/accounts/account-items#icons.
We will take the idea for "favorites" into account, thanks!
If you're taking suggestions (which you might not be), an icon for toilet would be helpful. There's all the extra stuff like ATM, recycling, AED, shower, gas, food, photo location, water... Not all toilets have water, so I can't use the water icon. I know I can make a custom icon, but with breadth of icons available, seems like the symbol for toilet would be in the standard offering. If there is one, and I somehow keep missing it - please let me know.
btw, love Caltopo - you folks are doing a great job
Agree that the generic icons are kinda meh, with lots of never used options and quite a few missing ones. Also lately the linewidth scaling has become very different between the desktop and the mobile app, for example for dashed lines.
It's lacking an outhouse / pit toilet icon. Also a clear "potable water" icon. These are key for long hikes and runs!
One constraint I want to note is that we want it to be very obvious at a glance which icons were added by the user and which icons belong to the base map. So for bathroom and campsite for example, we have versions of those icons that we use in the MapBuilder Topo layer, and to add them to the recreational icon set we wanted to come up with new variations of the icons that look sufficiently different from the MapBuilder ones. Not to say those aren't good suggestions or that we shouldn't invest in building out an alternate icon, but that's why they exist in the map layer we built out but not in the recreational symbol set.
I'd also add that a handicap icon should be included.
I second the request for an outhouse/pit toilet icon. I would also request icons for bridge, tunnel, and runner.
I 3rd the request for an outhouse/pit toilet icon. Wooden rectangle building with the moon symbol.
Also to add to the list - a sign icon that could be used for trail junctions, to add trail names - like a wooden rectangle sign. Not all trails are listed on the topo maps.
Also, a lake icon. Not all "lakes" are big on the maps and would be nice to be able to sort by these in our folders.
A river icon would be great too.
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