[SteG]

a little bit pre-emptive but I'm a wee bit excited as I've just finished my latest topo-app for the sport and bouldering at Rubicon

I chose Rubicon as it's one of my favourite crags and it was a good test for more functionality than the previous Bowderstone and Minus10 apps. I've just sent it off to the App Store for approval so should be ready for download in 7-10 days time (which gives me a few days to sort the android version)...

more soon 

[Big Dave]

Nice one, I've been meaning to get over to Rubicon for a while, so look forward to it.

[slackline]

 

[Jaspersharpe]

Nice one. Will the grades match the new guide!? 

[dobbin]

Cool - look forward to having a look at this, and rating it accordingly!

[SteG]

Nice one. Will the grades match the new guide!? 

  mostly? I'll have to take a look once it's out (today?) but in the interests of a healthy debate  it would be good to have a few discrepancies ?

[Wood FT]

Nice one, have been using the minus 10 app quite a bit and like it. cheers matey

[Jaspersharpe]

Nice one. Will the grades match the new guide!? 

  mostly? I'll have to take a look once it's out (today?) but in the interests of a healthy debate  it would be good to have a few discrepancies ?

As long as you've done all the problems, otherwise you're not allowed an opinion on the grade!

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,13925.0.html

   

[SteG]

As long as you've done all the problems, otherwise you're not allowed an opinion on the grade!

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,13925.0.html

 

[Robl]

Fantastic. Well Done 

[Barratt]

Nice one SteG!

[al123]

anyword on this? had a quick search but cant find anything, how do i find it on a android phone?
cheers

[tomtom]

a little bit pre-emptive but I'm a wee bit excited as I've just finished my latest topo-app for the sport and bouldering at Rubicon

I chose Rubicon as it's one of my favourite crags and it was a good test for more functionality than the previous Bowderstone and Minus10 apps. I've just sent it off to the App Store for approval so should be ready for download in 7-10 days time (which gives me a few days to sort the android version)...

more soon 

All things come to those who wait al123...

[SteG]

anyword on this? had a quick search but cant find anything, how do i find it on a android phone?
cheers

al, I'll have a download link on the site (once it's ready of course...) I'll post here again once it's all done and dusted for Android 

[al123]

anyword on this? had a quick search but cant find anything, how do i find it on a android phone?
cheers

al, I'll have a download link on the site (once it's ready of course...) I'll post here again once it's all done and dusted for Android 

thank you! 

[SteG]

woo hoo! it's through approvals and is now on the app store, you can download it by searching for 'wcj' or 'rubicon' and I've put some info on the site at http://thesend.co.uk/apps/rubicon.php with a brief write-up and description of the app.

I've made up a nice app-icon of me on Kudos


and put together some screen grabs so peeps can see what's in there


any comments on grades and descriptions would be great  - there's a feedback link in the app or via the site so that I can collate them more easily and feed it back into the next update, and any feedback on the app itself would be gratefully received so I can make the next one better again.

[tomtom]

Its great - nice and easy to use. One comment/update, you have topo/routes buttons - which is a bit confusing, as routes really means description...
TT

[SteG]

thanks TT, I used icons for these on the last two, maybe I'll change these back to icons or use topo/list

[tomtom]

yes, list would be better than desription
good effort..

by the way, whats the programming like (learning curve steepness etc..) for iOS? (I already code in C (badly) and C# (better))

[SteG]

by the way, whats the programming like (learning curve steepness etc..) for iOS? (I already code in C (badly) and C# (better))

It's steep-ish, the language itself is OK and if you code already then the main difficulty is figuring out which 'thing' (object/framework/library) does what you want it to do; having said that the documentation is superb, there's plenty of code samples on the apple dev site and some good books to steer you through the initial stages. PM me if you wanted more info.

[Barratt]

Good work SteG 

[Robl]

Excellent app. Thanks! 

agree with TT though maybe Topo | Routes button should read Topo | Desc. ?

[Wipey Why]

Nice work 

[buster martin]

The app looks sick!
when does the android one come out?

[slackline]

The app looks sick!
when does the android one come out?

When its finished and ready?

[buster martin]

alright alright - whens that?

[SteG]

currently looking at mid next week... although I may go climbing on the weekend which will put it back an extra couple of days

[slackline]

Go climbing, apps can wait!

[buster martin]

Nice one   

[SteG]

The Android version is ready for download from the site: http://theSend.co.uk/apps/rubicon.php,
- the app should work on phones running 2.1 or higher and needs internet access (for the weather forecast and map) and location data (just used to show your position on the map).

as always, any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated 

[Paul B]

"There is a problem parsing the package" downloaded from the above and then forwaded using Gmail to my Android device?

[SteG]

"There is a problem parsing the package" downloaded from the above and then forwaded using Gmail to my Android device?

which version of android are you on? i'll PM you a direct link, see if that works.

[Grubes]

Installed and working on my htc wildfire. Looks good

[Paul B]

ditto now.

[Stubbs]

Great app, very nice work.  Hopefully will be able to decide which holds I'm meant to try and pull on for Johnny G next time I'm there!

[SteG]

so I've been busy working away in the background on the apps project, I've had a bit of feedback on the rubicon app and put this together with some other functionality that I wanted to put in and have updated the iphone version with a new topo for Kudos Wall Bouldering, updated approach information and some updated route descriptions. I also changed the topo/list buttons to icons (thanks TT/Robl) which now match the Android version.

New stuff added to the topo screen:
- Swipe left/right gestures in route descriptions (topo view) to navigate through route descriptions for a sector.
- Selecting a route in topo view by tapping a route badge or swipe gesture centres the corresponding route in the list view.
- The selected route is now shown with a hi-lighted route badge in topo view.
- Sector topos now zoom out to fit their full width. Pinch to zoom in/out , double tap to zoom in and two finger tap to reset the zoom level to fit the topo to height.

In the maps:
- Tapping the crag pin will show the current weather forecast in the pin
- The parking pin now links out to the Maps App for directions to the crag parking from your current location.

as usual, any feedback is greatly appreciated as it's good to be able to put these improvements into upcoming projects

[SteG]

small refresh for iOS app is in the app store, bumped into Zippy a little while back and got info on the new stuff around Salar so have added a topo for the routes on the Salar buttress, and a new link-up he's added to the sport routes above Kudos.
Have also continued with the roll-out of android versions of the apps into Google Play with Rubicon which is no longer available for download off the main website. Play now contains Rubicon and the North Wales Rock Taster and Paid-For guides. North Wales Limestone Definitive (Taster) is coming soon to Play with the full guide to follow in both stores once the paper guide is completed.

Any thoughts on Salar at 7c+ by the way? Not done it myself but a few people I've spoken to seem to think this is harsh but fair, others think 8a - anyone have an opinion?

[Ru]

It's pretty height dependant, but I think it's as hard as any of the other rubicon 8as.

[T_B]

Any thoughts on Salar at 7c+ by the way?

Sandbag and I'm 6'3.

[Paul B]

It's pretty height dependant, but I think it's as hard as any of the other rubicon 8as.

Its certainly height dependant but I'm not sure I agree with you past that. Either grade will have its critics.

[abarro81]

On Pickford's logic: give it 8a. Everyone likes an 8a.

[SteG]

On Pickford's logic: give it 8a. Everyone likes an 8a.

 

fair enough, it's not as if Rubicon is the centre of worldwide grade inflation now is it?