v0.53 update to Griffmonsters GPX Creator

Version 0.53 of the GPX Creator has now been rolled out. A few minor fixes that led to a bit of frustration when using it, all down to the draggable tools menu.

Issue 1 - The tools menu would get hidden under the fixed nav bar when dragging it up the screen. It could still be retrieved but was frustrating that the top of it got lost. This has now been fixed such that it can only be dragged as far as the navbar. On full screen view there is a similar fix such that it does not obscure the layers and location menus.

Issue 2 - The collapsed width of the Tool Menu. This contracted width wise forcing the title onto two lines. The width is now retained.

Issue 3 - The collapse/expand button on the Tool Menu icon did not change between collapse and expand views. This is now fixed and the icon toggles between the usual collapse and expand icons.

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Update to the Griffmonsters GPX Route Creator

Having spent 11 days exploring the Greek island of Crete, the Griffmonster GPX Route Creator tool came in very handy. This made it so easy, having learnt of new places and features to visit whilst based in the village of Piskopiano, to craft a route to walk to the feature we had been told about. This was the first time that we used the tool in anger and it proved to be easy to just create the route, download the plotted GPX, and then pull it into our navigation app, this currently being the OruxMaps.

However, there was one niggling issue that was found when plotting the route on a mobile device. When changing the screen map by clicking the right hand layers box, it was found that the top of the map layers container became hidden underneath the location bar, completely obscuring the default map selection. It was easy enough to work around but very annoying. Consequently, an improvement needed to be made once we returned from our Greek walking expeditions.

To accommodate the maps in the layer container, some css adjustments will now hide the location bar, returning it when closing the layers bar by clicking elsewhere on the page. This functionality is specific to screen sizes up to a maximum of 600px width. A few other css changes have also been made to the location bar, and this now works better for all screen sizes.

Screenshot of the Griffmonster GPX Route Creator tool as displayed on a mobile device

Screenshot of the Griffmonster GPX Route Creator tool with the map layers expanded on a mobile device

The Griffmonsters GPX Route Creator tool version has now been increased to v0.52

This has been updated for both the Griffmonsters Great Walks and the Rhodes Great Walks websites.

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