[pct-l] Looking for Photos

[carcinomad at gmail.com (Rob Rathmann)]

Mike-

any ideas on cross referencing mile points from the PCT data book to
their GPS locations?  is there any software that can 'straighten' a
curved waypoint file to get the linear distance between the points
(thinking back to calculus, i think i remember how to do this, but why
reinvent the wheel)?  if you had the linear distance of each waypoint
and the waypoints were gapped very close together, you could merge it
with the data book.

and is there really an extremely accurate, closely spaced waypoint
file of the entire PCT?

i scanned the databook, used ocr software to convert to text and
imported it into a database to generate the daily elevation profiles
for my site.

imagine a site that not only links photos to their exact position on
the pct, but also the direction the photo was taken: "looking East
from Campo, Mile 0, lat xxx lon yyy".  i know the latest high end
digital cameras have a serial port to interface a gps unit and record
positions in the EXIF meta data.  i might just have to hike the pct
again to collect more data...

bearcan't


On 3/22/06, Mike Saenz <msaenz@mve-architects.com> wrote:
> 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!
>
>
> Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
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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.
> >
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