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Re: [pct-l] The PCT GPS Mapping Project
- Subject: Re: [pct-l] The PCT GPS Mapping Project
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:13:05 -0800
At 01:47 PM 12/19/00 , Reynolds, WT wrote:
>You can earn a free GPS. To do this you must accurately collect way points
>on a section of the PCT.
This should be interesting.
From what Schaffer (guidebook author) said, the USGS maps are not accurate
and a correct lat-long plot of the PCT will miss the topo feature by as
much as 1/2 mile in places, making the trail go over a peak instead of a
pass, for example.
He said he placed the trail relative to map features when he scouted it,
rather than referencing the correct lat-long.
-Brick
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