[pct-l] Maps

[AsABat]

I usually just print these maps in black and white on a laser printer. The trail line I'd heavy enough to see and its cheaper and the toner doesn't run when it gets wet.

AsABat
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"Michael Pinkus" <mikepinkus at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Halfmile,Thanks for your input! I downloaded a couple last night to try
>them out and am very impressed. I have a red/green colour deficiency so
>my friends are going to have a highlighter party with your maps and
>highlight the red trail for me. Thanks for putting the time in on these
>maps! I can just see it now, i'm going to end up being called
>'Highlighter' or something like that as a trail name......
>cheers,Mike
>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:02:00 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Maps
>> From: list at lon.net
>> To: mikepinkus at hotmail.com
>> CC: baidarker at gmail.com; mctanker at earthlink.net;
>pct-l at backcountry.net
>> 
>> Mike,
>> My maps can be downloaded free at www.pctmap.net
>> 
>> Compared to the Forest Service PCT map series my maps differ in that:
>> - I use a scale of 1" - 1/2 mile, the Forest Service Maps use a 1" =
>1
>> mile scale
>> - The Forest service maps have a 100 foot contour interval, my maps
>> use whatever the USGS base maps use, which is usually 40 feet
>> - My maps are more accurate, based on GPS tracks of the trail I
>> recorded as I hiked in 2007 - 1010
>> - My maps have more hiker landmarks
>> - My maps list mileages frequently, the Forest Service maps have no
>> mileages of any kind
>> - My maps have free matching digital data that you download into your
>> GPS (if your using a GPS, having matching waypoints in your GPS and
>on
>> your printed maps is an amazing thing)
>> 
>> I hiked Oregon with the Forest Service maps before I had mapped that
>> state. My maps are much more detailed, but the lack of any type of
>> trail mileages on the Forest Service maps was the biggest downside
>for
>> me. The Forest Service maps are beautifully printed on waterpoof
>> paper. They are probably the only practical waterproof PCT map
>> solution unless someone wanted to go to the considerable expense of
>> printing my maps on waterproof paper. Also, the Forest Service maps
>> include more area on either side of the trail than my maps (although
>> my maps include more area around the trail than the Guidebook or
>> Atlas).
>> 
>> -Halfmile
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Michael Pinkus
><mikepinkus at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Quick question about Halfmile's maps. How are they different/better
>than the new ones the PCT puts out? I bought the Washington state set
>when I went to Tacoma to visit my uncle and they seem okay. Where can
>you buy Halfmile's maps?
>> > cheers,Mike
>> >
>> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:11:22 -0800
>> >> From: baidarker at gmail.com
>> >> To: mctanker at earthlink.net
>> >> CC: PCT-L at backcountry.net
>> >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Maps
>> >>
>> >> Halfmile's by far.
>> >>
>> >> Shroomer
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