[pct-l] Looking for Photos

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

GE doesn't have a high enough resolution to provide any real info on the
PCT. Or at least nothing that isn't already covered by the data and
guide books. But hey! It's info nonetheless! Hot link this to a map!

I imagine that, within the PCT-L community, we can provide photos for
all the significant locations. Hi-Res scans of USGS topos of all of
California are available through Casil. Long/Lat (I still haven't
converted to UTM) info can be pulled from any of the map software
(retail or free on-line). GPS waypoints have been recorded through the
entire trail. AsABat has all the SoCal water data. You can even hot link
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's web site
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ to get real-time weather info on any portion of
the trail (along with historic data!).

Check out
http://friends.backcountry.net/rogers/PCT00webpages/SectionA00.html
This guy has something like what I'm thinking about going on his web
site.

I think all the raw data is out there already. Photos and this data hot
linked on a map interface would really make for a user-friendly,
comprehensive source of info that a lot of hikers would take advantage
of!


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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Stanton [mailto:craigstanton@mac.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:49 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Cc: Mike Saenz
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Looking for Photos

Google Earth is your friend.
The PCT trace that someone made keeps me busy every lunch time, trawling
up and down, seeing the sort of landscape it covers. It'd be excellent
to have annotated points along the route, pictures from ground level,
showing water supplies, camping spots, vegetation, anything. The
placemarks can contain any HTML so you'd be free to put in as much
detail as you had for each place.
If you have this data (i'm thinking photos and approx lat longs) but no
Google Earth or time to convert it I'd defintitely offer my servcies.
I'm a big GE junkie and would gladly spend my time creating the links,
if only I knew what goes where. When I get around to buying the data
book I might make a start on it and put photos in when I complete the
trail.

~Craig

On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 04:24AM, Mike Saenz
<msaenz@mve-architects.com> wrote:


>I've been rolling an idea around in my head about a useful web site: A 
>map with hot links to photos, data, water report, etc. for at least all

>the points listed in the Data Book. Digitized USGS topos are available 
>for all of California from Casil ( http://casil.ucdavis.edu/mapsurfer/
>).
>
>Just click on the map and see photos of the trail, it's mile marker, 
>closest water locations (maybe linked to AsABat's site) and any other 
>useful info available.
>
>Not so much a collage of hiker pics, but photos of significant trail 
>conditions, junctions and stuff like that.
>