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 |[[File:CatalogAddPhotoToLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 5: Adding a photo to a location.]]
 * To add a photo to a location, drag the photo onto the square below the regular information fields for the location or click on the 'Add' hyperlink above the square to open the regular file dialog box. You can add photos until you hit the maximum allowed for each location.
-{{Note|InfoEx will upload the photo to the database when you click on {{ButtonGrey|Add}}. This is done in the background and depending on the upload internet connection speed and the size of the photo(s) could take significant time (minutes) for each location. It is recommended to verify the photo has uploaded before either closing down InfoEx or adding a photo for another location. There is potential for the upload to fail if a careful process is not followed.|NoteWithImage}}
+{{Note|InfoEx will only start uploading the photo to the database when you click on the final {{ButtonGrey|Add}} as described below in stage 8. The upload is then done in the background and depending on the upload internet connection speed and the size of the photo(s) could take significant time (many minutes) for each location. It is recommended to verify the photo(s) has uploaded before either closing down InfoEx or adding a photo for another location. There is potential for the upload to fail if a careful process is not followed.|NoteWithImage}}
 * To change the order of the uploaded images, arrange the thumb nails into the desired order.
 * To delete a photo, click on the [[File:ButtonDelete.png]] in the top right corner of the photo.

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 |class="StepNum" | 7.
 |[[File:CatalogAddPhotoToLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 5: Adding a photo to a location.]]
-* To add a photo to a location, drag the photo onto the square below the regular information fields for the location or click on the 'Add' hyperlink above the square to open the regular file dialog box. You can add as many photos as you like.
+* To add a photo to a location, drag the photo onto the square below the regular information fields for the location or click on the 'Add' hyperlink above the square to open the regular file dialog box. You can add photos until you hit the maximum allowed for each location.
-{{Note|InfoEx will perform more quickly if you limit the size of these images to less than 1 MB.|NoteWithImage}}
+{{Note|InfoEx will upload the photo to the database when you click on {{ButtonGrey|Add}}. This is done in the background and depending on the upload internet connection speed and the size of the photo(s) could take significant time (minutes) for each location. It is recommended to verify the photo has uploaded before either closing down InfoEx or adding a photo for another location. There is potential for the upload to fail if a careful process is not followed.|NoteWithImage}}
 * To change the order of the uploaded images, arrange the thumb nails into the desired order.
 * To delete a photo, click on the [[File:ButtonDelete.png]] in the top right corner of the photo.

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 *[[Location types and symbology#Route|Route]]
 *[[Location types and symbology#SkiRun|Ski run]]
-*[[Location types and symbology#ControlRoute|Control route]] (new in 2014-2015)
+*[[Location types and symbology#ControlRoute|Control route]]
 *[[Location types and symbology#AvalanchePath|Avalanche path]]
 *[[Location types and symbology#WeatherSite|Weather site]]

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 |class="StepNum" | 2.
-|[[File:LocationCataolgScreen.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 2: Location catalog screen]] This will get you to the location catalog screen (Fig. 2). Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to load your entire catalog and display all of the locations. A progress bar at the top of the catalog provides indicate when it is downloading.
+|[[File:LocationCataolgScreen.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 2: Location catalog screen]] This will get you to the location catalog screen (Fig. 2). Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to load your entire catalog and display all of the locations. A progress bar at the top of the catalog indicates when it is downloading.
 The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the left and a map on the right.

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 |class="StepNum" | 7.
 |[[File:CatalogAddPhotoToLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 5: Adding a photo to a location.]]
 * To add a photo to a location, drag the photo onto the square below the regular information fields for the location or click on the 'Add' hyperlink above the square to open the regular file dialog box. You can add as many photos as you like.
-{{Note|The InfoEx system will perform more quickly for you if you limit the size of these images to a less than 1 MB.|NoteWithImage}}
+{{Note|InfoEx will perform more quickly if you limit the size of these images to less than 1 MB.|NoteWithImage}}
 * To change the order of the uploaded images, arrange the thumb nails into the desired order.
 * To delete a photo, click on the [[File:ButtonDelete.png]] in the top right corner of the photo.

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 This document describes how to add locations to the location catalog of your operation.
 ==Step-by-step description==
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-|[[File:AdminMenuOperationAdministrator.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 1: Administration menu for operation administrator]] Select 'Location Catalog' from the administration menu (cog wheel) in the top left corner of the screen (Fig. 1).
+|[[File:AdminMenuOperationAdministrator.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 1: Administration menu for operation administrator]] Select 'Location Catalog' from the administration menu (cog wheel) (Fig. 1).
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 |class="StepNum" | 2.
-|[[File:LocationCataolgScreen.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 2: Location catalog screen]] This will get you to the location catalog screen of the application (Fig. 2). Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to start Google Earth, load your entire catalog and display all of the locations. A progress bar at the top of the catalog provides information on the status of the loading  and drawing process.
+|[[File:LocationCataolgScreen.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 2: Location catalog screen]] This will get you to the location catalog screen (Fig. 2). Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to load your entire catalog and display all of the locations. A progress bar at the top of the catalog provides indicate when it is downloading.
-The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the right and a Google Earth map on the right.
+The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the left and a map on the right.
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 |class="StepNum" | 3.
-|Expand the location hierarchy tree on the right as required by clicking on the little plus (+) signs left of locations that contain other locations.
+|Expand the location hierarchy tree as required by clicking on the little plus (+) signs left of locations that contain other locations.
 The locations in the location tree are sorted by location type first and within each type, they are sorted alphabetically. The location types are sorted as follows:
 *[[Location types and symbology#ForecastArea|Forecast area]]
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 |class="StepNum" | 5.
 |[[File:CatalogAddNewLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 4: Location catalog page when adding a new avalanche path location.]]
-You will now be presented with a blank Google Earth map and a dialog box for information about the new location on the left (Fig. 4). Enter the following information for the new location into the fields provided:
+You will now be presented with a blank map and a dialog box for information about the new location on the left (Fig. 4). Enter the following information for the new location into the fields provided:
 * '''Name''' (required):<br/>Full name of the location
 * '''Abbreviation''' (required):<br/>Abbreviation to be used for the location in the tabular InfoEx reports.
 * '''Description''' (optional):<br>Detailed description of the location
 * '''External ID''' (only accessible to super users):<br/>The external ID of a location is required if your operation submits their observations from an external database system via the API (see [[Submitting observations to the InfoEx via the CAAML 3.0.3 API]] for more information). The external ID is also required for locations that already existed in the legacy CAAML driven InfoEx and have historic observation associated with them.
-* '''Elevation''' (weather site only):<br/>Elevation of weather site in meters. When you create a new weather site, its elevation will automatically be extracted from the digital elevation model (DEM) of Google Earth. You can, however, overwrite the automatically created value.
+* '''Elevation''' (weather site only):<br/>Elevation of weather site in meters. When you create a new weather site, its elevation will automatically be extracted from the map. You can, however, overwrite the automatically created value.
 {{Note|Since locations are primarily referred to by name in the InfoEx system, it is not advisable to create multiple location of the same type with the same name. However, the system currently does not explicitly check for it.|NoteNoImage}}
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-|[[File:CatalogAddPhotoToLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 5: Add photo to location.]]
+|[[File:CatalogAddPhotoToLocation.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 5: Adding a photo to a location.]]
-{{New2014-15|It is now possible to add photos to a location.|NewWithImage}}
+{{New2014-15|It is now possible to add photos to locations in your location catalog. These photos are used in the [[Run list extension overview|run list]] and [[Avalanche control extnesion overview|avalanche control]] extensions.|NewWithImage}}
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 |class="StepNum" | 8.