Sounds good! What's your geocaching.com ID? Mark (GoNorthWest) On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM, MEL HOCKWITT wrote: > Mark, FYI I live next to Oro Valley in unincorporated Pima County. Let > me know when you get here and we can get together. > > Mel > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mark Fleming > *To:* listserv@azgeocaching.com > *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:37 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Az-Geocaching] Southwest Trails for Garmin GPS Receivers? > > 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 >> >> > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > >