[pct-l] RE: GPS and PCT

[n7rr at hotmail.com (Bruce Prior)]

Yes, it is possible to have topo maps in a Garmin GPS for the PCT.  I've 
already loaded the complete trail with Garmin Topo USA (based on 1:100 000 
maps, normally with a 40 meter contour interval) into my GPSmap 60C 
receiver.  I've examined all of Section A and some of Section B in detail, 
and so far I've found that the PCT isn't depicted on the topo map, but I 
still think it will be a useful supplement to paper maps and compass.  I 
will be experimenting with how much more topo mapping I can load from the 
Garmin National Parks West software package, which is based on
1:24 000 data, and much more detailed.   It only covers National Parks and 
their immediate vicinity.  I've enjoyed using that much better mapping 
coverage in my backyard playground in Whatcom County -- the region in and 
around the North Cascades National Park. The GPSmap 60C has a capacity for 
52 megabytes of supplemental mapping information.

Has anybody recorded geocoordinates for the places mentioned in Benedict 
Go's Pacific Crest Trail Data Book?  There's no point in re-inventing the 
wheel if that work has already been done.

Thanks,
Gizmo

Amateur Radio Station N7RR
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