Hi Mel, 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. Thanks! Mark (GoNorthWest) On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM, MEL HOCKWITT wrote: > 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. > > I would be willing to provide as much data as I can for the overlay if that > will help. > > Go for it! > > Mel > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mark Fleming > *To:* listserv@azgeocaching.com > *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Az-Geocaching] Southwest Trails for Garmin GPS Receivers? > > Your opinion is absolutely valued. Just trying to generate some healthy > discussion. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:31 PM, ShadowAce > gmail.com> wrote: > >> One persons opinion is that of the wind.. >> >> Mine was only a drifting suggestion placed out to pass along before >> it fades to nothing.. >> >> Now it is gone. >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Mark Fleming >> wrote: >> > That would be one option. The limitation I see with that is that what >> > Moun10bike has done is create a map overlay of trails for the Northwest. >> So, >> > it can be loaded on the same media as your topo maps, City Navigator, or >> > whatever. The downside is that if you want to upgrade to the latest >> version >> > of the trails overlay, you have to rebuild the maps on your card. >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:42 PM, ShadowAce >> wrote: >> >> >> >> http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/1/ >> >> >> >> Provide your Trails tracks to him and he will incorporate it into the >> >> Topographic map data.. I think this is much more useful then a set of >> >> tracks that I have to update and remember to grab before leaving for a >> >> trip. If the trails are on the map I no longer have the limit of only >> >> X number of tracks in a GPSr. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Mark Fleming >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I'm a geocacher from Oro Valley, AZ, currently living in Seattle, WA, >> >> > but >> >> > moving back to Oro Valley in December. I've been up here on a >> temporary >> >> > assignment with my company, and it was while I was up here that I >> >> > started >> >> > geocaching. One of the uber cachers in the area, Moun10bike, has an >> >> > amazing >> >> > project going called Northwest Trails, that I would like to replicate >> in >> >> > the >> >> > southwest if it doesn't already exists. Moun10bike has this to say >> about >> >> > his >> >> > project (http://www.switchbacks.com/maps/NW_Trails.html): >> >> > >> >> > "In short, Northwest Trails is a mapset of trails designed for upload >> to >> >> > any >> >> > map-enabled Garmin GPS receiver. It is more than just a mapset, >> though; >> >> > it >> >> > is also a community effort initiated to record and collect GPS data >> for >> >> > trails in the Northwest (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, >> >> > British Columbia and Alaska) and provide that data for general public >> >> > use." >> >> > >> >> > I'm proposing doing the same thing for the southwest portion of the >> >> > United >> >> > States, which is defined on the web as "the southwestern region of >> the >> >> > United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, >> >> > California, and sometimes Utah and Colorad." Since this listserv is >> for >> >> > Arizona, and since I'll be living back there soon, I'd like to start >> >> > there. >> >> > >> >> > Is this an interesting idea to anybody? Is this already underway >> >> > somewhere? >> >> > If people find it interesting, and it's not already underway, I'd >> like >> >> > to >> >> > start collecting tracks for inclusion. Let me know what you think! >> >> > >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > >> >> > Mark (GoNorthWest) >> >> > >> >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> >> > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> >> > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> >> > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> > >> >> > Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> >> > http://www.azgeocaching.com >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> > >> > Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> > http://www.azgeocaching.com >> > >> > >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > >