Hiker Photo Archive
Basic site usage
If you want to search for a specific trail name in the entire archive, simply enter the trail name in the “Trail Name” field, click the “Search the entire archive” radio button (if it’s not already selected), then click the “Search Archive” button.Non-intuitive items
- Trail Name, First Name, and Last Name entries are not case sensitive. This means if you enter “super AT thru hiker” for the trail name, all character-case configurations of this trail name in the database will match. For example, the following would match your query:Super AT Thru Hiker
super at thru hiker
SUPER AT THRU HIKER
(And so on.)
- Trail Name, First Name, and Last Name entries are “ANDing” operations. Entries in these fields will only match records in the database where all entered search fields are present. (This is opposed to “ORing” operations, which would match when one or more of the search fields are present.)Advanced features
If you only have a partial name or are unsure of a spelling, there are two placeholder characters ("%" and "_") that can be inserted into the search string as listed below.Using the percent (%) character
The % character is a placeholder in a query name that will match 0 or more characters.
Examples (using trail name, but the same applies for first and last names):
If you enter mighty% in the Trail Name field, all hikers in the database that have a trail name beginning with “mighty” will match your query.
If you enter %south in the Trail Name field, all hikers in the database that have a trail name ending in “south” will match your query.
If you enter %happy% in the Trail Name field, all hikers in the database that have “happy” as part of the trail name will match your query.
If you enter quick%feet in the Trail Name field, all three of these name configurations will match.
(Remember, the % placeholder matches ZERO or more characters.)
If you enter “the great %ker” all three of these configurations will match your query.
Using the underscore (_) character
The _ character is a placeholder in a query name that matches any single character.
Examples:
If you enter “_line” both spellings will match.
If you enter “_. J.” all three of these configurations will match your query.
If you enter ___ (3 underscores) as the trail name, all three-character trail names will match your query.