[pct-l] official Garmin PCT Maps released today

mikepinkus at hotmail.com mikepinkus at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 18 20:29:36 CDT 2011


I bought and downloaded them the day they came out. Not sure how accurate they'll be?

Cheers,
Mike
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:16:53 
To: John Abela<pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com>
Cc: PCT L<pct-l at backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] official Garmin PCT Maps released today

Anyone try this out yet?

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:23 AM, John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> Garmin just released what they are calling the "Trailhead Series -
> Pacific Crest Trail" today.
>
> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=91299
>
> >From their website:
>
> Provides highly detailed digital topographic maps for the Pacific
> Crest Trail, comparable to 1:24,000 scale USGS maps.
>
> Contains a fully routable trail from beginning to end, plus basic road
> coverage available as a reference.
>
> Includes coverage for the Pacific Crest Trail, plus 10 mi (16 km) of
> extended coverage on each side of the trail
>
> Includes national, state and local parks, forests, recreational and
> wildlife area boundaries.
>
> Contains detailed hydrographic features, including coastlines, lake
> and river shorelines, wetlands and perennial and seasonal streams.
>
> Includes searchable points of interest, such as geographic place
> names, campgrounds, scenic lookouts and picnic sites, businesses and
> more.
>
> Displays 3-D terrain shading and digital elevation model (DEM) shaded
> relief on compatible devices to help estimate terrain difficulty.
>
> Features Bureau of Land Management township, range and section
> information and USGS quad locations.
>
> $50 bucks!!
>
>
> --
> John B. Abela
> www.RedwoodOutdoors.Com
>
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> unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization
> drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware. ~ John Muir
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