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Print all courses on one map
A feature that should be very useful when planning big events is to print all courses on one map. We need to show land owner an authorities which belts that will be used so they, for example, kan see if the load on the nature is ok. All courses on one map wold give a good overview.
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More Hotkeys!
I like hotkeys, they make things faster. Only hotkey that I managed to find was Ctrl-A for new Control.
I would suggest at least two new hotkeys:
- Select some element, Ctrl-C would copy it.
- Add last added item, Ctrl-L or Ctrl-N, or something else.I think those would make things lot easier and faster and for the implementation point of view, doesn't sound big to implement.
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Standalone version
Create a standalone version which don't require installing or changing the installing so it doesn't require UAC prompt
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Georeference maps, image files with world file and EPSG code.
In Norway there is an mobile app, InvisibleO https://usynligo.no/about, that is becomming popular during the pandemic. This app makes it possible to run an orienteering course without controls in the forrest, since it use GPS position from your mobile to tell when you are at the control.
To make this work the map in Purple Pen must be georeferenced, and I'm aware that OCAD or OpenOrienteeringMapper files support this. But we don't want OCAD files distributed to everyone, because we want to avoid the risk of having several copies of the map where changes are done in each file.…
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Corridor orienteering and faded whiteout
I would wish for some support to be able to create corridor orienteering with faded white out. When doing corridor exercises we are now limited to use mask out with totally blank areas. This is not very suitable for teenagers when they are introduced into corridors.
The "very expensive product" have a nice feature where corridors are automatically created based on a center line and a width property.5 votes -
To make it easier to plan courses on the same map, but with different scales and graphics
I would like to suggest one enhancement, if I may. It is related to graphics for courses.
Currently, objects like printing area and descriptions are associated with each course.
Other objects, such as white-out areas, images, lines, and texts are associated with an event. This creates a problem when the same map is used for events that have different map scales and paper sizes. In these cases, the graphic’s layout is different for each map scale.
I have an event to prepare that uses one map for two races. I would like to use one master map with all controls…5 votes -
Remove Bend improvement
Assign a keyboard shortcut to Item>Remove Bends to speed up the process of removing bends from a course.
Create a "Remove all bends" feature to remove all bends from a course or set of courses.
Allow courses with straight lines joining controls and also the same courses with lines bent round objects to exist in the same PP file.
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It seems that the PDFs output via File>Output PDFs is not georeferenced. It would be great for tracking to have GeoRef PDFs.
It seems that the PDFs output via File>Output PDFs are not georeferenced. It would be great for tracking to have GeoRef PDFs. Some mobile device apps can read them without having to calibrate manually.
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Multi-couleurs pour les postes
Est-il envisageable d'avoir la possibilité de modifier la couleur de certains postes (= course au réseau de postes en scolaire) Ex : avoir certains postes en violine et d'autres postes en bleu. Cela peut aussi permettre aux créateurs de circuits de différencier leurs circuits par des couleurs de postes différentes.
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Add option to add PNG/SVG overlay to map
For our events, we have common styling for maps. For now, we solve this by creating a pdf of the map.
But if we decide to use a different region at a later stage, we have to create new map file.
It would be great if we could add some Png/svg overlay, that can be reused between events to keep the maps in the same style and make the process of map creation simpler5 votes -
Flagged course
At least in Czech Republic we have flagged course for the youngest. These courses are flagged along whole course, it would be nice to be able to do this in Purple Pen. Currently, I can do it by making separate project and use bend tool to mark the flagged path.
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Rotate map
Allow rotation of map.
Some maps are not drawn with meridians parallell to the edge of the map. I would like to be able to rotate the map to correct angle. As it is now it is not possible to make the control numbers and control descriptions parallel to meridians on these maps.
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Provide a graphical display of leg and control loading.
Many years ago I used a planning program called Wincacs. One place it won out over purple pen was in its display of leg and control load. By drawing all used legs and controls in an event, with different size circles and thickness of lines depending on the loading it gave a much quicker idea of which legs and controls are overloaded. Currently this is a lot more clunky in purple pen. Its not critical, but it would be a nice addition.
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watch for changes to background maps of maps
When the background map changes in PurplePen, a prompt appears asking if the map should be reloaded.
Often the map is made up of two OCAD files, one containing the map and the other containing the format (border, northlines, title, etc.).
The formatting OCAD file uses the raw-map OCAD file as a background map.
If the raw-map OCAD files is changed, PurplePen doesn't prompt for the map to be reloaded.
The background maps of OCAD maps should be watched for changes
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CTRL + click to add new point
Add new point to objects by clicking (eg. white overlay, or line bends)
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Set numerically the size and location (e.g. X,Y coordinates) of an object
For me it would be helpful to set numerically the size and location (e.g. X,Y coordinates) of an object. Some time I need align objects, and I would like to align them with high precision.
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4 votes
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Add possibility to draw circles like rectangle. Usefull for Training.
Function to draw rectangle and line is available. Extra circle would be also usefull. For Training, when you want to group set of symbols in score course.
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Add option to hide lines between control circles
Sometimes, for example for training purpouses, it would be nice to have an option in "course properties" to hide lines between controls in normal courses. Currently, this can be done by changing the course to score type, but then sequence numbers change (for instance, if some controls are visited more than once). Alternatively, this could be also done by allowing line width to be zero in Event | Customize Appearance.
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Fix relay team variation BUG with fixed leg assignment
In the current settings with a 3-leg relay course that has forkings (ABC), (DEF), (GH), (IJ) I want to assign third leg to a single variation late in the course (eg. HJ) by choosing "Assign fixed legs to branches".
However, this sets all leg 1 and leg 2 forkings to a set, common variation (eg. all leg 1 runners GI).
See below relay assignments table copied from Purple Pen:
Team 1 CFGI AEGI BDHJ
Team 2 BDGI CFGI AEHJ
Team 3 AEGI BDGI CFHJ
Team 4 BFGI CEGI ADHJ
Team 5 ADGI BFGI CEHJ
Team 6 CEGI ADGI BFHJ
Team…3 votes
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