Hi Mel,<br><br>Thanks for the feedback! I probably will go for it, if nothing else as a learning exercise, and as a way to give something back to the geocaching community. I'll let you know when I have a place set up to upload tracks for trails, etc.<br>
<br>Thanks!<br><br>Mark (GoNorthWest)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM, MEL HOCKWITT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:melhockwitt@msn.com">melhockwitt@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>Mark, I think what you propose has a lot of value. The AZ topo seems
to be off on the location of waypoints/caches when compared to the Garmin Topo
2008. The AZ topo is more detailed but I think the Topo 2008 is good
also. I do a lot of back country driving and have quite a few
trails/tracks saved for future use. If someone is willing to develop an
overlay that can be used so I don't have to download the tracks all the time
that would be very helpful.</div>
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<div>I would be willing to provide as much data as I can for the overlay if that
will help.</div>
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<div>Go for it!</div>
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<div>Mel</div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" href="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" target="_blank">Mark
Fleming</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com" href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com" target="_blank">listserv@azgeocaching.com</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:58
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Az-Geocaching] Southwest
Trails for Garmin GPS Receivers?</div>
<div><br></div>Your opinion is absolutely valued. Just trying to generate some
healthy discussion.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Mark<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:31 PM, ShadowAce <span dir="ltr"><<a title="mailto:shadowace.az@gmail.com" href="mailto:shadowace.az@gmail.com" target="_blank">shadowace.az@</a><a title="http://gmail.com/" href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">One
persons opinion is that of the wind..<br><br> Mine was only a drifting
suggestion placed out to pass along before<br>it fades to
nothing..<br><br> Now it is gone.<br>
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<div><br>On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Mark Fleming <<a title="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" href="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrkfleming@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>> That would be one option. The limitation I see with that is
that what<br>> Moun10bike has done is create a map overlay of trails for
the Northwest. So,<br>> it can be loaded on the same media as your topo
maps, City Navigator, or<br>> whatever. The downside is that if you want
to upgrade to the latest version<br>> of the trails overlay, you have to
rebuild the maps on your card.<br>><br>> Mark<br>><br>> On Thu,
Oct 30, 2008 at 7:42 PM, ShadowAce <<a title="http://shadowace.az/" href="http://shadowace.az" target="_blank">shadowace.az</a>@<a title="http://gmail.com/" href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> <a title="http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/1/" href="http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/1/" target="_blank">http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/1/</a><br>>><br>>>
Provide your Trails tracks to him and he will incorporate it into
the<br>>> Topographic map data.. I think this is much more
useful then a set of<br>>> tracks that I have to update and remember
to grab before leaving for a<br>>> trip. If the trails are on the map
I no longer have the limit of only<br>>> X number of tracks in a
GPSr.<br>>><br>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Mark Fleming
<<a title="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" href="mailto:mrkfleming@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrkfleming@gmail.com</a>><br>>>
wrote:<br>>> > Hi,<br>>> ><br>>> > I'm a
geocacher from Oro Valley, AZ, currently living in Seattle, WA,<br>>>
> but<br>>> > moving back to Oro Valley in December. I've been
up here on a temporary<br>>> > assignment with my company, and it
was while I was up here that I<br>>> > started<br>>> >
geocaching. One of the uber cachers in the area, Moun10bike, has
an<br>>> > amazing<br>>> > project going called Northwest
Trails, that I would like to replicate in<br>>> > the<br>>>
> southwest if it doesn't already exists. Moun10bike has this to say
about<br>>> > his<br>>> > project (<a title="http://www.switchbacks.com/maps/NW_Trails.html" href="http://www.switchbacks.com/maps/NW_Trails.html" target="_blank">http://www.switchbacks.com/maps/NW_Trails.html</a>):<br>
>>
><br>>> > "In short, Northwest Trails is a mapset of trails
designed for upload to<br>>> > any<br>>> > map-enabled
Garmin GPS receiver. It is more than just a mapset, though;<br>>> >
it<br>>> > is also a community effort initiated to record and
collect GPS data for<br>>> > trails in the Northwest (Washington,
Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming,<br>>> > British Columbia and
Alaska) and provide that data for general public<br>>> >
use."<br>>> ><br>>> > I'm proposing doing the same thing
for the southwest portion of the<br>>> > United<br>>> >
States, which is defined on the web as "the southwestern region of
the<br>>> > United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona,
Texas, Nevada,<br>>> > California, and sometimes Utah and Colorad."
Since this listserv is for<br>>> > Arizona, and since I'll be
living back there soon, I'd like to start<br>>> >
there.<br>>> ><br>>> > Is this an interesting idea to
anybody? Is this already underway<br>>> > somewhere?<br>>>
> If people find it interesting, and it's not already underway, I'd
like<br>>> > to<br>>> > start collecting tracks for
inclusion. Let me know what you think!<br>>> ><br>>> >
Thanks,<br>>> ><br>>> > Mark (GoNorthWest)<br>>>
><br>>> >
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