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

[rellinwood at worldnet.att.net (Robert Ellinwood)]

Don't overlook the excellent printable maps from the Morethanamile.com PCT
map CDs.

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> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Brett
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:03 AM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Printing www.hikertrash.net maps?
> 
> 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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