[Az-Geocaching] Southwest Trails for Garmin GPS Receivers?

[Mark Fleming]

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 <melhockwitt at msn.com> 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 <mrkfleming at gmail.com>
> *To:* listserv at 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 <shadowace.az@<shadowace.az at gmail.com>
> 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 <mrkfleming at gmail.com>
>> 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 <shadowace.az at gmail.com>
>> 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 <mrkfleming at gmail.com>
>> >> 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)
>> >> >
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