I've been trying to find information of public shorelines in Washington State, and asking the Department of Ecology brought me several links, including this one: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/shore photos/index.html They have photos for every section of (salt-water) shoreline in the state, from the air. This might be useful for 'previewing' a tour, working with a map to get a more visual sense of the area, finding possible landing spots, getting a look at the ecology and vegetation inland. Are there any other states which have online shoreline photography like Washington? Got something to say? Say it better with Yahoo! Video Mail http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Elias Ross wrote: > > I've been trying to find information of public shorelines in Washington > State... >This might be useful for 'previewing' a tour, working with a > map to get a more visual sense of the area, finding possible landing spots, > getting a look at the ecology and vegetation inland. Elias and P'wisers, The link you posted shows all the shorelines of Washington, public and private. Careful planning will help avoid confrontations with owners that are not willing to share their shore. Here in WA we are facing further reductions of our public parks. The WA Dept. of Natural Resources is thinking about closing several parks in the San Juan Islands because of budgetary considerations and these are very popular kayaking camps. This will only aggravate the public/private issue. Good luck in planning your tour. Paul *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Saturday, February 16, 2002, at 9:03:37 AM PST, Paul wrote: > The link you posted shows all the shorelines of Washington, public > and private. I was able to find my house on those shoreline photos! :-) It was actually a friend in NZ who sent me the link to that site a few months ago. The beach is always changing - a good deal during Winter months. It's interesting to see how much the beach has changed in the few years since those photos were taken as well. The very clear, close up color photos are much nicer than the terraserver satellite photos. That site is a wonderful resource for anyone paddling these waters. Does anyone know if there are similar shoreline photo services for Alaskan and BC waters? > Careful planning will help avoid confrontations with owners that are > not willing to share their shore. I live on a public shoreline, so no problems with landing on my beach! (well... except for really big dumping surf sometimes). Melissa -- PGP public keys: mailto:pgp_keys_at_gmx.co.uk?subject=PGP_Keys_1&Body=Please%20send%20keys *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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