Re: [pct-l] The PCT GPS Mapping Project

At 01:47 PM 12/19/00 , Reynolds, WT wrote:
>You can earn a free GPS. To do this you must accurately collect way points
>on a section of the PCT.

This should be interesting.

 From what Schaffer (guidebook author) said, the USGS maps are not accurate 
and a correct lat-long plot of the PCT will miss the topo feature by as 
much as 1/2 mile in places, making the trail go over a peak instead of a 
pass, for example.

He said he placed the trail relative to map features when he scouted it, 
rather than referencing the correct lat-long.

-Brick

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