I have been working on a computer program to help create route guides from photos taken at climbing locations. Currently it is in the beta phase, and anyone willing to help test it out would be greatly appreciated. The program works much like a simplified photo editing program but with tools specifically designed for creating route guides.

The application and more info can be found at: http://sites.google.com/site/mountainprojectpdfs/betacreator

It's both PC and Mac compatible. Any comments or questions can be posted here or sent to betacreator@gmail.com

Edit: New host page here: http://sites.google.com/site/betacreator

Very impressive!

Nice!

That's incredibly cool! BUMP!!!

(PS, we should go climbing sometime)

Sweet and user friendly too!

Ill check it out tonight after work!

Very nice.

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/general_climbing/greenpeace>>>>>

Perfect!

You should add a function to put in circles with numbers inside for belays on multi-pitch routes and blank circles for false/alternate belays.

Also a symbol for a piton would be nice as well as a circle with an arrow pointing down signifying a rap station.

Lastly an undo function would be a plus...

Cheers,

Luke

Version 1.1 (7/17/09)
- Added Piton Tool
- Added Rap/Belay Tool
- Added Loading Screen
- Fixed bug with tool cursor over toolbar

BTW, the program has an auto update feature built in, and as long as you are connected to the internet it will check for the latest version when you start it.

Version 1.2 (7/27/09)
- Added command to change all items to selected color (under edit menu)
- Added command to change all items to selected size (under edit menu)
- Fixed bug that didn't allow jpg quality to be changed
- Fixed bug that didn't allow image adjustment values to be manually entered
- Fixed bug with clearing data layer when loading one from file
- Fixed letters being cut off in the bottom status bar (Win)
- Fixed the instruction sheet so "Keyboard Shortcuts" is visible (Win)
- Application launches centered on screen

Alma,

Nice work. Just gave it a whirl. Few suggestions:

1. Tooltips for the toolbar - a must.
2. Undo tool of some sort ...
3. The final image product post save seems really "compressed". Lots of data loss. Is this just the shoe you have to wear due to the SDK or is there another reason.

Tooltip - basically, if I hover over the select tool a small pop up box should say 'Select Tool'. Or the piton tool then it says in the small box 'Piton Tool'. ScreenTips, Tooltips, whatever you want to call them name the tool their mouse is currently over.

Thanks Joseph. I do have something similar in the status bar at the bottom, but I suppose it is much easier to read when it's next to your mouse. I'll certainly implement tooltips in the next release.

Hi, I've been using your program since version 1.0 and it's really useful: the best tool for the job.
One thing I'd like it to have is a "Close" button. For now, if I want to open another picture, I have to restart the program.
Also, it might be useful to be able to enter a two digit number or letters in the circle for the belay tool. I mean that the belay tool could be just a circle and the user would have to enter his own numbers or letters instead of the actual 1-9 fixed values.

Thank you for this gem,

Laurentiu

Nice work. Looks like a fun project to code :]

Rad. Excellent work.

Looks great, we use a similar system for logging our snow safety routes. Nice work!

First of all, thanks for the feedback from everyone. I've been pretty busy lately so I haven't had time to work on an update, but the feature list is expanding little by little.

Hey this is pretty cool! I just used this program to make a topo for "The Barb" on the Spearhead in RMNP. The program was very intuitive and it only took a few minutes to do the whole thing. Thanks Alma.

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/colorado/alpine_rock/rmnp__>>>>>

Great tool for sure.

An addition to the comment above would be to add number/letters to the rap station circle.

Also it would be great to have some type of scroll bars or a way to drag the image around. (Right now it just seems like you have to strategically zoom in and out.)

Thanks!!

- Luke

Version 1.3 (8/7/09)
- Added 'new' command (under file menu)
- Added tooltips
- Fixed bug with status bar tool descriptions
- Loading new image now resets zoom, location, and defaults to selection tool
- Fixed bug with switching tools while drawing a line

Great job, thank you !

Edited to add: I've just discovered another bug:
After saving a picture, space-bar+click&drag brings up the save-as dialog again, instead of panning.