[pct-l] Re: pct-l Digest, Vol 12, Issue 8

[matt at mattmaxon.com (matt maxon)]

Robert
I've found the guide book to be quite accurate except for very recent changes.

as always check with local agencies and the PCTA for changes... like the "temporary" re-route around Deep Creek Bridge

You can download my most recent National geographic TOPO! for Southern California Region 1 @ http://pctmap.homedns.org/data/pct/topo

This is based on the PCT region by Tom Renyolds on national geographic map eXchange

Matt Maxon
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> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:25:45 -0800
> From: "Robert Gedeon" <robert@beckersurf.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] discrepencies between mapped PCT routes
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> Hello all, 
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> I was wondering if anyone could give me factual information concerning the
> differences between the PCT route as marked in Schaffer's book (I've the
> newest editions for Southern and Northern CA, although the maps appear to be
> the same as those in the older editions), and the PCT route as it appears on
> some of the newer TOPOs out there. 
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> I ask because I am using National Geographic's TOPO software to get better
> elevation profiles of the trail segments, and I've noticed that the TOPOs
> included with the software include the PCT route. However, the PCT route
> mapped onto these newer TOPOs diverges from the route specified in
> Schaffer's guidebook. 
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> The actual discrepancies are minimal, and do not concern me in any "real
> world" or practical way. My question instead arises more out of simple
> curiosity, and I was wondering if anyone could explain the discrepancies.
> Not to sound anal, but I'm not interested in conjecture on this point (I
> myself with my friends can posit any number of reasons why the discrepancies
> "might" be there). Rather, I was wondering if anyone knew for a FACT whether
> Schaffer's route or the route shown on the National Geographic TOPOs is more
> accurate. 
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> Anyone know?
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> Thanks, 
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> Robert
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