- What is Turns All Year CD-ROM?
Turns All Year CD-ROM is a web site of backcountry skiing and snowboarding photos contained on a CD-ROM. Like any web site, it is designed to be viewed using internet browser software on a personal computer. The photos are organized into photo galleries. Each photo gallery is from a specific backcountry skiing/snowboarding trip and contains a trip report from that trip (there are a few exceptions). A photo gallery usually includes approach and booting or skinning shots, skiing and snowboarding action photos, and views of the surrounding snowy terrain. The photos are presented in chronological order, making the gallery a photo documentary of the trip. The CD-ROM also contains other features, such as slideshows, panoramas, clickable maps, and wallpaper photos. More on this topic.
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- Is the CD-ROM an electronic guide book?
No, Turns All Year CD-ROM is not an electronic version of a guide book. Good guide books already exist in print for backcountry snowboarding and skiing in the Pacific Northwest. Instead, Turns All Year CD-ROM is a non-guide non-book! Each snowboard/ski trip photo gallery on the CD-ROM does include a trip report, but this is simply a description of the conditions found at the time of the trip. No attempt is made to provide detailed route descriptions. Similarly, route maps, GPS coordinates, elevation profiles, and photos with routes indicated are not provided. The CD-ROM is primarily a visual reference, and those who are looking for an actual guide book should purchase one. More on this topic.
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- Do I need a fast new computer to use the CD-ROM?
No, you do not need a fast new computer to use the CD-ROM. The main idea behind the design of the CD-ROM was to keep things simple so that it would work on a wide range of computers and operating systems. No Flash! The CD-ROM has been tested and found to be functional on a variety of Macintosh and Windows operating systems. No matter what the age or speed of your computer, there are benefits to installing the CD-ROM on your computer's hard drive.
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- Do I need any special software to use the CD-ROM?
No, special software is not needed to use the CD-ROM on your personal computer. All that is required is an internet browser, such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari, etc. The only "special" functionality required of your internet browser is javascript, which is included will all modern internet browsers. More on this topic.
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- What if I have a problem with the CD-ROM?
What to do if you have a problem with the functioning of the CD-ROM depends on the nature of the problem. There is nothing fancy about the design of the CD-ROM, so it is unlikely that it will simply fail to work, but due to variations in internet browser software and their default settings it is possible that a specific feature might not work (tested browser/OS combinations). If a specific feature of the CD-ROM does not work, please check the help, tips, and technical pages. If there is a defect in the physical media of the CD-ROM, this is covered by the limited warranty for the CD-ROM as specified in the License Agreement; in this case, please contact Turns All Year using this page.
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- What am I allowed to do with the CD-ROM?
The License Agreement contains the legal agreement between you and Turns All Year LLC, the copyright owner of the CD-ROM, specifying what you are allowed to do with the CD-ROM and the files contained on in. A common language summary is that you are allowed to use the CD-ROM and the photos contained on it in specified ways that meet the criteria of being both private and non-commercial. Specific allowed uses are contained in the License Agreement. Any use which is public or commercial is prohibited.
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- When I purchase the CD-ROM, do I own the photos contained on it?
The License Agreement specifies that you do not own the photos contained on the CD-ROM when you purchase it. In purchasing the CD-ROM, you are acquiring ownership of (1) the physical media of the CD-ROM, and (2) a license to use the CD-ROM and the photos contained on it in the specific ways described in the License Agreement.
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- Am I allowed to sell or give the CD-ROM to someone else?
Yes, the License Agreement allows you to make a one time, permanent transfer of your license rights as long as you transfer those rights in their entirety and the recipient reads and agrees to accept the terms of the License Agreement.
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- Are the photos on the CD-ROM "royalty-free"?
No, the photos on the CD-ROM are not "royalty-free", at least in the usual sense of the phrase, which typically refers to commerical or public uses of photos. The License Agreement does not permit either commercial or public use of the photos on the CD-ROM. You are allowed to use the photos for your own private, non-commercial purposes as much as you like, for as long as you like, provided that you have not transferred your license rights to another person.
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- Am I allowed to copy the CD-ROM to my computer's hard drive?
Yes, the License Agreement allows you to install the CD-ROM by copying it to the hard drives of up to three of your personal computers. Running the CD-ROM from your computer's hard drive rather than from the physical CD-ROM is more convenient and can improve the performance of the CD-ROM, especially on older computers.
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- Am I allowed to copy photos from the CD-ROM to my computer's hard drive?
Yes, the License Agreement allows you to copy photos from the CD-ROM to the hard drives of up to three of your personal computers. The photos may be used for your own private, non-commercial purposes, for example as your computer's desktop background or for creating slideshows for your own use.
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- Am I allowed to print photos from the CD-ROM?
Yes, the License Agreement allows you to print photos from the CD-ROM for your own private, non-commercial use. No other print uses are allowed.
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- Am I allowed to email photos from the CD-ROM?
Yes, the License Agreement allows you to email up to five photos at a time from the CD-ROM to immediate personal contacts for their own private, non-commercial use. The recipient of the photos must be made aware of the License Agreement and agree to comply with its terms.
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- Am I allowed to use photos from the CD-ROM on the Internet?
No, the License Agreement does not allow you to use photos from the CD-ROM on the Internet or World Wide Web (with the exception of emailing small quantities of photos; see question 13 above) because this would be a public use, which is prohibited. Among other restrictions, you are not allowed to upload photos to any kind of web server, post photos on electronic bulletin board systems or forums, use photos in any kind of web site (including personal and photo sharing), or make photos available on peer-to-peer file sharing systems.
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- Am I allowed to distribute photos from the CD-ROM?
No, the License Agreement does not allow you to distribute photos from the CD-ROM, other files from the CD-ROM, the content of the CD-ROM, or the CD-ROM as a whole in any way (with the exception of emailing small quantities of photos; see question 13 above).
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- Am I allowed to use photos from the CD-ROM for commercial or public uses?
No, the License Agreement does not allow you to use photos from the CD-ROM, other files from the CD-ROM, the content of the CD-ROM, or the CD-ROM as a whole in any commercial or public way. The use of the CD-ROM or any part of it is restricted to your own uses which are both private and non-commercial.
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- Where are the route descriptions and route maps?
The snowboard/ski trip photo galleries on the CD-ROM do not come with the route descriptions, route maps, or route photos one typically finds in a guide book, and this is because the CD-ROM is intentionally not a "guide book". The photodocumentary style of most photo galleries, however, can make the CD-ROM useful as a visual resource for route information when combined with other resources for backcountry skiers and snowboarders, such as guide books, maps, and the Internet. The CD-ROM is a non-guide non-book! More on this topic.
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- Where are the photos of extreme skiing or snowboarding?
Turns All Year CD-ROM does not generally contain photos of extreme skiing or snowboarding because the trips depicted in the photo galleries on the CD-ROM are of the plain ol' backcountry type, not the first descent or "extreme" type.
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- Why isn't there a photo gallery from Mount _________?
There is not a gallery from Mount _________ because that's a secret powder stash. In addition, Turns All Year CD-ROM is more a sampler than a exhaustive compendium of what the mountains of the Pacific Northwest can offer to skiers and snowboarders who like to explore. The mountains of the Pacific Northwest are a big place and would take a lifetime to explore completely. The CD-ROM illustrates just a small portion of the exploration possibilities.
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- Why do some links say "opens in new window" but open in a new tab instead?
The reason for this is that some browsers come with this window behavior as their default setting. The user can usually change the settings from the browser's "Tools" menu (accessing internet browser settings).
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- Why can't I find a "Back" button in slideshows?
For aesthetic reasons and to maximize the available window space for the photos, the slideshows on the CD-ROM are set to launch into a new browser window that lacks the usual bars on its edges. This means that in most browsers, slideshows will not have a clickable "Back" button visible. In some slideshows (eg. Best of... section), the "Back" command can be useful, however, and most browsers have keyboard/mouse shortcuts for this command. Some let the user toggle the display of the bar containing the "Back" button. More on this topic.
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- Why does the slideshow window sometimes stay hidden behind other browser windows?
If a slideshow window is already open, subsequent slideshows will launch into the same window. The code in the slideshow pages tells the browser to make the slideshow window become the "top" window whenever a slideshow is launched, but some browsers have default settings that don't allow this to happen. If you find that slideshow windows sometimes do not come to the top when they should, please check your browser's javascript settings. The relevant settings are often found under Javacript>>Advanced, where the settings for "allow scripts to raise or lower windows" and "allow scripts to move or resize existing windows" should both be enabled.
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- Some of the photos aren't very good?
Although this is a statement rather than a question, the statement is true: out of the several thousand photos on the CD-ROM, there are some that just aren't that great and certainly won't be winning any awards. A major reason for this is that the mountains of the Pacific Northwest often don't have the best weather. Even when it is not raining or snowing, overcast skies often make for a low contrast day. Mountain scenery and ski action photography likes high contrast days. But, as they say, "even a low contrast day in the mountains is better than a day at work," so even some low contrast trips have been included on the CD-ROM. If the photos on the CD-ROM all look too dark or too light, then your computer monitor might benefit from some simple calibration.
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