[Cdt-l] All Jerry's Waypooints/POI's on postholer google maps

[bcss at bresnan.net]

“Is a list of the waypoints available where I can print them? Thanks”

 

I have put a link on the Bearcreek website where you can download just the tables and descriptions without the gpx files.  It is a zip archive containing  waypoint listings in printable pdf format – Latitudes, Longitudes, UTM coordinates, and descriptors for the entire trail.  (NM,CO,WY,MT/ID)  Just take the regular links to the waypoint files and there will be an added link for getting the listings.  The lists are also packaged with the individual state’s gpx files, but not with the POI’s.      

 

best wishes,

 

Jerry Brown

mailto:bcss at bresnan.net

www.bearcreeksurvey.com

 

From: herkermer47 at comcast.net [mailto:herkermer47 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 10:54 AM
To: bcss at bresnan.net
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] All Jerry's Waypooints/POI's on postholer google maps

 

Is a list of the waypoints available where I can print them? Thanks. 



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From: bcss at bresnan.net
To: "Scott" <public at postholer.com>, cdt-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 11:17:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] All Jerry's Waypooints/POI's on postholer google maps

Lots of differences. I just have looked at the Wyoming route so far.  Many
of the differences I see are road walks that have been re-located to more
primitive routes by BLM and USFS, and that is a good thing.   

Some examples - 02_135 to 02_223 has been moved from dirt tracks to the
spine and is a really nice, scenic walk. Another glaring example is 05_000
to 05_131.  This gets the route off of a busy paved road and onto a combo of
trail and small jeep trails.  Also a nice hike, but a bit longer than
following the blacktop.  We moved the alignment passing through Rawlins to
utilize a pedestrian underpass.  The blue line crosses the railroad tracks
on a bridge that is closed to foot traffic.  (BTW, we checked with the
Rawlins police department and they said they would issue citations to
anybody that crosses that bridge on foot.) Likewise, north of Rawlins the
route has been moved off of busy highways onto a combination of trail and
two-tracks.  It's nicer and substantially shorter than the depicted blue
line.

In some other places the blue line would be an improvement over the official
route. Good example of that is the route from 12_069 to Big Sandy.  Official
route is lower and shorter, but the blue line is unquestionably more scenic.


Anyway, this is a great resource for people to use to surf the trail from
home and look at the big picture. Especially in the satellite view.  

I would like to point out that the Waypoint files provided free on my
website are intended to be used with either the Mapbook or USGS topographic
maps.  They were not intended to be a single resource for hiking the trail.
Any information not included in the waypoint files (like some creek names,
if they are named at all) are clearly shown on the maps.  


best wishes,

Jerry Brown
mailto:bcss at bresnan.net
www.bearcreeksurvey.com

-----Original Message-----
From: cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Scott
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:06 PM
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [Cdt-l] All Jerry's Waypooints/POI's on postholer google maps

All of Jerry's waypoints/POIs have been added to the CDT google map, in
addition to the 600+ our hikers already have, that's 7746 points.

Here's the link, BUT BEWARE, it may kill your browser (keep clicking
continue for it to load properly, yes I need a marker manager):
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=2 <http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=2&markertype=14> &markertype=14

What is really interesting is to see how different the trail is compared to
what folks have been hiking.

When Jerry was saying the trail was 3,008 miles I was highly skeptical about
that. Seeing the 'big picture' you can see that the trail is that long.

-postholer


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