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Using Humap

Creating walking trails

You can turn a group of records into a walkable trail with this feature.

Go to the home page of the Humap instance you’d like to contribute to and click Explore the Map. 

A screenshot of the Layers of London homepage

From the map home page, click the plus icon in the top right corner of the information tray. If you’re not logged in, you’ll need to log in now. If public signups have been enabled you’ll be able to create an account now. If not, you’ll need to be invited to contribute by the project owner.

The map homescreen

That will take you to the contribution home screen.

A screenshot of the contribute menu on Layers of London. Users can choose between records, collections trails, and projects

Click Trail to get to this welcome screen:

A screenshot of the welcoming page for the trails wizard

Name your walking trail in the Title box and add a description into the box below. You can use the formatting options to make the text pop.

A screenshot demonstrating how to add a title and description to a trail

 

On this page you can upload an image. Select the image you would like to upload, and upload it by dragging and dropping a file into this box, or by clicking browse files, selecting the image you would like to upload, and clicking enter. You can only pick one image.

A screenshot demonstrating how to add a cover image to your walking trail

When you’ve added your image, click Next. 

A screenshot dedicating how to assign your walking trail to a project

If you’ve joined any projects, you’ll be able to assign this walking trail to a project here. Trails that are assigned to projects can be edited by other members of that project.

To assign your trail to a project, click the tickbox next to the project name. Then click Next.

Now it’s time to add content to your walking trail. A list of content will automatically generate. You can then use the options at the top of the page to narrow down the search results.

A screenshot demonstrating how to add content to the trail

You can type in the search box at the top of the page and click More search options to use the pre-existing search terms for that Humap project:

A screenshot demonstrating how to add content to the trail

Tick the boxes that are relevant to your trail, and then click Search.

The records below will reload, returning relevant content. You can then click which records you would like to appear, up to 25.

A screenshot demonstrating how to create the trail route

On this screen you can put the records in your trail in order by clicking them.

Once their in order, green lines will appear linking each record. To manually order the route, click the green line and drag it into position.

Alternatively you can click Auto-create route to generate your walking trail.

A screenshot demonstrating how to create the trail route

Click Finish to get to this screen.

The end of the trails wizard

If you’re ready to publish your walking trail, click Publish.

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