On 03/16/2016 06:50 PM, Mike Thompson wrote:
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Andy Townsend <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Another question - if not OSM, what maps do hikers in the area use
now? Something from the US Forest Service, or something else?
Answering the question for the US in general:
1) National Geographic Trails Illustrated [1] - Not as detailed as I
would like, but shows the official trails and is good enough for most
folks.
2) USGS 7.5 minute topo quad maps (the old ones). Some of the trails
have changed since these were published, but if you are interested in
topography for off trail navigation, these are still a great resource.
3) National Parks hand out rather general maps, and for a lot of folks
this is all they need.
4) There are also a number of websites that show trails that have been
GPS'ed overlaid on a commercial (unfortunately) map source. e.g. [2]
Mike already gave a very good answer. Since I'm a hiker in the area,
I'll confirm that Trails Illustrated maps are what I carried on my
Northville-Lake Placid trip. I didn't like it very much - the 1:75 000
scale at which it's printed is just too rough. I also had the relevant
USGS 7.5-minute topo quads and the relevant portions of my OSM-derived
map on my smartphone. The old topos are no longer available as
inexpensive paper copies, alas.
When I hike in New York south of the Mohawk, I carry the much
higher-quality trail maps produced by the New York-New Jersey Trail
Conference. http://nynjtc.org/files/JohnBoydThacherTrailMap_2008.pdf is
a representative example (one of a handful that are free of charge).
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73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin
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