Backroad Mapbooks GPS Map Review (Ontario)
Read the review on my Richard's GPS Trail Maps site.
"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.
Read the review on my Richard's GPS Trail Maps site.
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Labels: Backroad Mapbooks, Garmin, Google Earth, GPS units, map making, mapping software, maps, MapSource, Natural Resources Canada, Ontario, outdoorspersons, Topo Canada, TopoFusion, trail maps, trails
Last year I started mapping the Greenbelt trails using my GPS unit. With my older GPS unit it was a long complicated process requiring that I avoid overlapping my tracks and involving extensive editing in Photoshop Elements.
I talk about how I became interested in maps and my map making process in an article in the MTBKanata Newsletter.
With my new Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx, which is much more accurate, the process is much simpler.
When I recently mapped Greenbelt Trails 11 & 12 I did not have to worry about overlapping tracks nor did I have to do extensive editing. All that was required was to input the data into Google Earth and MapSource Topo Canada and save an image of the track, and then add whatever text or labels I wanted on the maps.
These are the maps that I created.
All of my Greenbelt maps can be found here.
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Labels: Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx, Google Earth, GPS units, Greenbelt, MapSource, mountain biking, National Capital Region, Photoshop Elements, Topo Canada, trail maps, trails