Adding a Trailhead

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Adding a Trailhead

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I tried for the first time to add a trailhead (Ruby Gulch in the Front Range) since there was nothing showing up on the map for that starting point for the Bard group.

I got it added successfully and put in the GPS coordinates which I can tap on and it goes to the right place but there's no 'hiking green people' icon on the map.

Did I miss something in creating the trailhead or is Bill the only one who can add the green people?
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Re: Adding a Trailhead

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daway8 wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:57 pm I tried for the first time to add a trailhead (Ruby Gulch in the Front Range) since there was nothing showing up on the map for that starting point for the Bard group.

I got it added successfully and put in the GPS coordinates which I can tap on and it goes to the right place but there's no 'hiking green people' icon on the map.

Did I miss something in creating the trailhead or is Bill the only one who can add the green people?
The batch job that updates trailhead and peak GPX files only runs a couple times per week. I will run it this morning but it still may take a bit to show up on your maps because of the way Google caches the map files.
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