Re: [Paddlewise] Best mapping software for kayaking...

I have the Gazetteer for New Hampshire, a couple in fact.  I keep wearing them
out.  Many of the people I converse with use the same "it's on page 14"
notation.
The difference between the two softwares is primarily in detail, Delorme is able
to fit fifteen states in the northeast onto one CD, Maptech takes four CD's just
for the state of Maine.
Maptech is in Greenland, NH by the way, not too far either.  I have been by the
offices of both, but never stopped in.

Mike

"Sailboat Restorations, Inc." wrote:

> > For interface with my Etrex I use Delorme's Topo USA.
>
> I have the Delorme software for Maine and it is quite good.
>
> > Maptech uses digitized USGS Topographical maps, resulting in much better
> > detail and the resulting larger data base.  I don't know where Delorme
> > got their data.
>
> I don't either, but I think they have their own research people.  Delorme is
> a pretty serious mapping company based in Yarmouth, ME.  Their "Atlas &
> Gazeteer" of Maine is pretty much a "must have" in this state.  Everyone has
> one.  People refer to places as "it's page 14 in the Gazeteer."  I've
> visited the Delorme offices and it's a pretty impressive place.  They have a
> retail store there - -quite a worthwhile visit.  It's not far from LL Bean
> if you're in that area ever.
>
> Mark

--
    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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