What do I need to do to be able to print with KLIMB?
KLIMB is freeware and I want it to remain that way, but I also want
to keep improving it. To that end I've decided to only enable printing
in return for making some improvement to KLIMB.
In return for you making some improvement to KLIMB and sending it
to me, I'll send you a key to unlock and enable printing.
How can I help improve KLIMB?
What I'd love best right now for KLIMB is a makeover of its web site.
I'm a programmer, not a web designer and it shows. So if somebody
out there has some suggestions, let me know.
Beautifying the web site notwithstanding, the main way I hope people will
improve KLIMB is by bending roads–aligning them to their
actual course. All the roads in the Ohio zone where I now live are
bent, and I find it really makes KLIMB better (plus, it's really easy
and fun to do now with the new Zoom feature).
Other ways I envision people being able to improve KLIMB include:
- Aligning (bending) roads to match their actual course
- Filling in missing road names or node names and elevations
- Finding bugs
- Documentation on how to install and run KLIMB on Mac
- Prettifying KLIMB's web site
- Suggesting new features
- Adding a link to KLIMB on a biking website
- Sending me money (always welcome)
Okay, I want to bend some of the roads near where I live, how do I do it?
- Check the Roads to Bend page to see
which roads still need bending. You can also pick up the latest road
data from here.
- Become superuser by going to the
Tools->Options menu and turning it on.
- Select View->Show Bad Data to highlight all roads
that still need bending.
- Right-click on the
road you want to bend and select "Zoom road".
- In the zoom window,
right-click on points that you want the road to pass through. You can
also add elevation information for any route point.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5.
There are two problems to be aware of. First, KLIMB's map datum doesn't
exactly match that used in the zoom window. This means that roads that
are bent exactly right in the zoom window may not appear correct on
KLIMB's main window.
Second, you have to strike a balance between making the road
follow correctly and adding too many route points which will slow things
down.
I've bent the roads, now what?
Save the updated data and send it to me. Use the
File->Save User Data command to save the data
and then send the resulting file to
me.
I'm too lazy to do anything but I still want to print?
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