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The Forest Service maps
at one time got caught in the great Federal Government transformation to the
metric system. So all the verticle became metric, but because the original
land survey was based on English it only the verticle elevations were
changed. I believe Carter years....still going on to a certain
extent.
Since none of the Federal
stuff is copyrighted......Gazette and others use the Federal data without
attribution, in most cases, presenting it as their own. In many
cases, they don't even bother adding or changing information. USGS
quads are freely copied by TOPO and other companies. The Street Atlas
products use the TIGER files produced by the Department of Commerce for census
data.
On the bright side, it
makes available federal data sources to the public in various formats and the
private sector gets to make some money. In Canada, the government
copyrighted much of their information.....and only sells it. That's why
many of the US mapping products are not available in Canada.
Just think how much money
the Federal Government could make if they charged for GPS usage by the
minute!!!
Vladimir
Vladimir
I agree with Les. the Gazetteer is a great tool to get zeroed in. The
USGS and Green Trails maps help define an area after the recon with the
Atlas. Some WDFW areas have more detailed maps (sometimes available at area
check-in points) as well as local shops, etc. The USFS maps also define
logging roads and other access.
Why do some of these maps have horizontal info in feet, but
vertical in metres.
bart
----- Original Message -----
From: Les
Korcala
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:31
PM
To: Washington Fly fishers
Subject: Re: Stream Map
I have to agree with Tom on that one.
The map is very large format, it do separate after you open close
several times, also I can not find the small lakes
I look for , their are small dots!
The Washington Gazette Atlas for $12-14 is great tool to find that hard
to find trail to fish or mountain bike or hike.
Also tells a little about parks and recreation spots, its worth have
it.
Les
----- Original Message -----
From:
Tom Bowden
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:17
AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Stream Map
I received one of these last year as a gift. Frankly it
hasn't been very
useful for me. It's basically a large map (about 3' x
5' - scale of 1 inch
= 8 miles) with an alphabetical list of lakes
& streams. Not that you need
a map to find Lake Lenice, but it
doesn't appear on this one. Neither does
the westside lake I fish
frequently in the spring.
It does have a bunch of little creeks
listed in bold letters as "selected
fishing waters". I haven't checked
these out, but maybe there are some
secrets hidden here.
I still
like the Delorme Atlas book. It's more detailed and can be opened
&
read while driving the truck. Mine is about 8 years old & is
all torn up,
but I've made so many notes on it that I don't dare
replace it!
Tom
At 11:11 PM 12/22/2001 -0800, Terry Warwick
wrote:
> The Seattle-Times
is selling a map they refer to as Professor
>Higbee’s
Stream Map of Washington. They claim that every fisherman
>and
boater needs this map. Does anyone have experience with this
map? If
>so, can you provide a fisherman’s
perspective review of it. Is it
>helpful? Readable? Have
you been able to find new productive waters
with
>it?
Terry
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