[pct-l] Ultimate PCT Website Wishlist (a living document)

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

Does anyone know where I can find the PCT trace for google earth?  (or how 
to make that work?)

Mouse

>From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
>To: "Rob Rathmann" <carcinomad@gmail.com>
>CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] Ultimate PCT Website Wishlist (a living document)
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:37:20 -0800
>
>Not necessarily in priority order:
>
>1) Clickable map interface
>2) Click on the map and the closest PCT mile marker (NOBO/SOBO) is
>indicated (with section designation) and elevation
>3) Click on the map and a photo(s) of the location appears (panos would
>be perfect)
>4) Click on the map and closest water source is indicated (SoCal)
>5) Click on the map and a 10 mile section (on either side of the clicked
>location) is profiled to show elevation gain/loss 6) Click on the map
>and Long/Lat/UTM coordinate is indicated (closest point on the PCT to
>clicked location)
>7) Click two points and the route of the PCT between these two points is
>highlighted with mileage between the two points indicated and GPS
>waypoints of this route are downloadable.
>8) Click on two points and a link to the USGS 7.5' topo maps is shown
>where the map can be downloaded.
>9) Click on the map and the closest resupply source is indicated
>
>I think these must be the minimum capability of the ultimate PCT
>website. All this info is available from many different sources already.
>What would make this the ultimate site, is to have all this in one,
>user-friendly, map interface.
>
>Additional features:
>
>10) Links to PCTA.org, PCT-L, AsABat's water page, ADZPCTKO web site,
>Topozone.com and Casil (and any other important PCT data sites)
>11) Some form of communication bulletin board for thru-hikers to log in
>and post a message and maybe a link which highlights the location on the
>map interface where they currently are at.
>
>
>Of course, there can be lots of other stuff that can be added. The site
>must be clean - easy to understand and efficient with bandwidth.
>
>Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
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