[pct-l] Maps

[Michael Pinkus]

Halfmile,Thanks for your input! I downloaded a couple last night to try them out and am very impressed. I have a red/green colour deficiency so my friends are going to have a highlighter party with your maps and highlight the red trail for me. Thanks for putting the time in on these maps! I can just see it now, i'm going to end up being called 'Highlighter' or something like that as a trail name......
cheers,Mike

> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:02:00 -0800
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Maps
> From: list at lon.net
> To: mikepinkus at hotmail.com
> CC: baidarker at gmail.com; mctanker at earthlink.net; pct-l at backcountry.net
> 
> Mike,
> My maps can be downloaded free at www.pctmap.net
> 
> Compared to the Forest Service PCT map series my maps differ in that:
> - I use a scale of 1" - 1/2 mile, the Forest Service Maps use a 1" = 1
> mile scale
> - The Forest service maps have a 100 foot contour interval, my maps
> use whatever the USGS base maps use, which is usually 40 feet
> - My maps are more accurate, based on GPS tracks of the trail I
> recorded as I hiked in 2007 - 1010
> - My maps have more hiker landmarks
> - My maps list mileages frequently, the Forest Service maps have no
> mileages of any kind
> - My maps have free matching digital data that you download into your
> GPS (if your using a GPS, having matching waypoints in your GPS and on
> your printed maps is an amazing thing)
> 
> I hiked Oregon with the Forest Service maps before I had mapped that
> state. My maps are much more detailed, but the lack of any type of
> trail mileages on the Forest Service maps was the biggest downside for
> me. The Forest Service maps are beautifully printed on waterpoof
> paper. They are probably the only practical waterproof PCT map
> solution unless someone wanted to go to the considerable expense of
> printing my maps on waterproof paper. Also, the Forest Service maps
> include more area on either side of the trail than my maps (although
> my maps include more area around the trail than the Guidebook or
> Atlas).
> 
> -Halfmile
> 
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Michael Pinkus <mikepinkus at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Quick question about Halfmile's maps. How are they different/better than the new ones the PCT puts out? I bought the Washington state set when I went to Tacoma to visit my uncle and they seem okay. Where can you buy Halfmile's maps?
> > cheers,Mike
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:11:22 -0800
> >> From: baidarker at gmail.com
> >> To: mctanker at earthlink.net
> >> CC: PCT-L at backcountry.net
> >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Maps
> >>
> >> Halfmile's by far.
> >>
> >> Shroomer
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Pct-L mailing list
> >> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> >> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> >> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> >>
> >> List Archives:
> >> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Pct-L mailing list
> > Pct-L at backcountry.net
> > To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> >
> > List Archives:
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
> >