Ozarkapedia:How to add a new river section

Introduction

Part of adding a river is breaking it into 10-20 mile sections. These sections roughly align with the needs of a paddler for a day trip, but they also function like the chapters in a book, organizing details into related groups for understanding.

This process assumes that you have already created a GeoJson page for the river.

Steps

1. Navigate to your river's GeoJson page.
   1. for example, GeoJson:Big River
2. Click "Edit Source" to view the text source of the map data
3. Select the entire block of text and copy it to clipboard
4. Open a new browser to https://rivertools.ozarkapedia.org/riverslicer/
5. Paste the GeoJson where indicated
6. In the next box, add the River Accesses, one per line, with a colon and then the coordinates for that access.
   1. For example:

      1. Benny Meyer:37.868544,-90.652276

      2. Leadwood:37.869145,-90.584528

      3. Hawthorne Street:37.889808,-90.527472

7. Click "Slice".
8. A set of links will appear below,one for each path segment between the points you provided.
9. For each link, create a GeoJson page that matches.
   1. The name is GENERALLY like "<Put-in> to <Take-out>", but in some cases we shorten them.
   2. For example, "Akers Ferry to Pulltite" actually corresponds to Akers Ferry and Pulltite Campground.
   3. For the map to display properly, the GeoJson page name must match the planned page name for the section itself.
   4. For example, the Akers Ferry to Pulltite page template will expect to find the GeoJson data at GeoJson:Akers Ferry to Pulltite
10. For each segment, use the Form:River Section to create its page
11. Update any River Access pages to include the

    [[Category:<river section>]]

    , as well as in the template at the top of the page.
12. Update any other POI (Caves, Springs, Bluffs, Rapids & Hazards) as necessary to include the section in the infobox as well as the

    [[Category:<river section>]]