[pct-l] RE: GPS and Guidebooks

[brick@fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

At 10:58 AM 3/1/02, Scott Thomas Kimler wrote:
>  There are also a set of
>NFS maps that cover the PCT for all of  Oregon and Washington
>(http://www.naturenw.org/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?page=store-maps.htm ).  These
>maps have lat/lon coordinates, were done in the mid-80's and are likely
>NAD27 - they may be WGS84 or NAD83 - they don't say.


The trail location on these maps is very inaccurate: to the point of being 
useless for navigation...


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Brick Robbins

"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain."
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