[Cdt-l] Ley maps compass rose coordinates

Thu Feb 26 17:53:56 CST 2009

I would have to agree with brett.  I started to get overwhelmed with pretrip planning last spring so I just stopped.  Once it got to be stressful I decided to go with what I had sorted out and leave the rest to fate.  worked fine.  Another technique I saw a pair doing on the trail was entering the next section when in a town.  I liked this approach since your interpretations out there are different than at the house anyway.  _redbeard

--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Brett <blisterfree at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Brett <blisterfree at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Ley maps compass rose coordinates
> To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 3:19 PM
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> <font face="Arial">My sense is that the
> inclusion of a compass rose on
> the Ley maps was a good idea. But like all things
> GPS-related, it
> seems, it's also an invitation to complexity, of the
> sort where you
> deliberate on a seemingly infinite number of possible
> solutions to a
> problem that, in all likelihood, doesn't really exist.
> This type of
> thinking is standard fare for analytical-minded hikers of
> the sort that
> hang out on the lists here pre-season, I'm guilty of
> it, but I also
> sense that we can become slavish to this type of thinking
> and end up
> making the planning process more difficult than it needs to
> be.
> Sometimes it can be a good idea just to let go, to know
> when to shut
> off the analytical brain and trust intuition. And just
> hike. We're
> mostly naturals at this, with or without the GPS, the
> carefully managed
> data sets, and all the head-spinning pre-trip
> banter.<br>
> <br>
> YMMV HYOH<br>
> <br>
> blisterfree<br>
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> Jim Eagleton wrote:
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> </style>1) Many of the newer, better,
> gps's have good enough maps
> built in that you can locate based on the gps
> screen and the rose point
> distances are not necessary.  I used the the Garmin
> Colorado 400t.  <br>
> 2)  Still, I don't think you need to give up a
> tool that weighs zero
> grams.  <br>
> 3)  I can't find the files I loaded into the gps,
> but I have the files
> on the gps still.  When I download and save these
> files they have some
> track and some extra waypoints.  MapSpource
> allows me to save them in
> several formats:  gdb, mps, txt, dxf and
> gpx.   Can anyone take these
> files and edit out the waypoints?  I also have the
> 2005 disk with the
> waypoints that have a few typos in them.  <br>
> 4)  I'm still working on this, but could use some
> help.  <br>
> 5)  My Colorado may be available for sale or
> rent.  <br>
> Rambler<br>
>  <br>
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> > 2. Ley maps compass rose coordinates.
> (Postholer)<br>
> > 3. Re: Ley maps compass rose coordinates. (Ken
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