> From: "Robert Livingston & Pam Martin" <bearboat2_at_comcast.net> > > > I like Rob's laminated chart idea. I had the pleasure of a night > > paddle with him on his home turf, and he had an extra laminated map of > > the Tacoma Narrows for me to borrow. > > I have mentioned this before but for those with large hard disk computers > and scanners should consider scanning in a chart and then printing out the > parts of the chart that you need using Adventure paper from National > Geographic (available at REI). You can print using ink jets to this paper > and end up with a waterproof chart. I like scanning because I can scale and > print just the parts of the chart that I want and add whatever notes I want > prior to printing. Using Photoshop or the equivalent you can "rearrange" the > chart (for example make a "chart" with the immediate coastline only) or > combine data from multiple charts or sources. Minimize the chart to get an > overview and magnify the chart to get easily seen detail etc I've wanted to do this too. One of the things that I also wanted was to put a compass rose on each chart. Does anyone have a transparent gif of a compass rose? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 31 2004 - 06:09:59 PDT
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