[pct-l] Printing www.hikertrash.net maps?

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

These maps appear useful for "the big picture," but I 
certainly wouldn't want to use them for "orienteering" as is 
stated on the HikerTrash website. And they don't really 
replace the guidebook maps, which depict the route more 
accurately and with more information. DeLorme's TOPO USA, 
the platform on which HikerTrash's maps were created, simply 
doesn't present enough map detail for efficient 
routefinding.

Not that routefinding is generally a huge concern on the 
PCT, but then the person going out of her way to obtain such 
maps might have, well, other plans... like a snowbound walk 
through the High Sierra. In which case, why not consider 
using the far more detailed and accurate USGS 7.5' quads, a 
la National Geographic's TOPO! and the downloadable PCT 
route through California available on their website: 
www.nationalgeographic.com/topo

The PCT route has been their "download of the week" for what 
seems like years now. Isn't this route the handiwork of 
someone on pct-l, along with a small army of GPS-wielding 
field recruits? Perhaps someone out there who has NatGeo's 
TOPO! California edition and plenty of free time could 
download the track, create map-sized copies of the route, 
and then make them available as JPG files for public 
download. Such might be one workable solution for 
map-starved hikers in planning, who no doubt would lavish 
praise for years upon the purveyor of such cartographic 
selflessness...

- blisterfree

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