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Saving Caltopo Multi-Section Map Configurations

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PostedJul 3, 2017 at 6:54 am

As I’ve used Caltopo more and more for mapmaking, I’ve found myself more frequently creating complicated multi-section map sets.  The Caltopo map building interface makes this fairly easy: just assemble a set of red rectangles covering your chosen sections, and the set will self-build and generate into a multipage PDF.  HOWEVER… I frequently want to return to an assembled set of sections, to print the same multi-section configuration again a few days or months later using a different or updated overlay, etc.  I have found that, although the *finished PDF* of the multi-section map can be saved in the Caltopo account, the *section configuration* (the placement of the red rectangles) which preceded it cannot.  This makes it impossible to replicate a multi-section map using a different or updated overlay at a later date.  Am I missing something, or have others run into this as well?

PostedJul 3, 2017 at 7:22 am

Thank you!  I have received a reply with the solution, which is: in the map preparation (printing) interface, select an existing saved map in the “Load From” dropdown.  This populates the current interface with the section boundaries from the selected PDF.  So as long as a PDF with the desired boundaries exists on the Caltopo server, those boundaries can be retrieved.

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