> One other thing - contractors use blueprint cases on jobsites - > basically huge sealable flat envelopes. Not sure how "waterproof" the > seals are. Not sure they'd be useable in the cockpit either. > Couldn't find any sources on-line with a quick Google... > > K I keep my maps rolled up in tubes, several from the same area in the same tube. (A buddy gets these tubes from somewhere.... sorry I can't help with that part.) I scan the sections of the maps I want to use onto the computer as 8X10 pages. I then put two pages (adjoining sections) into clear plastic page protectors and seal the page protectors with clear packing tape. The page protectors are for three-ring binders, so I use a couple of snap-open loops to hold the pages together (again, in order). The whole thing goes in a map case on my deck. Another friend just bit the bullet and purchased a set of CDs with 1:50000 maps of most of Canada. He's got some neat software that lets him calculate distances by "drawing" the planned route. It also shows him Lat. and Long. when he hovers the cursor over any given point, and these get entered into the GPS as waypoints. (We type the waypoint "name" onto the map before printing as well.) I think he told me it cost a few hundred dollars (Cdn.) for the set of CDs, but at the price of paper topos, it was well worth it! (And there's hardly any storage issue with the set of CDs!) -- Darryl *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Feb 05 2005 - 16:02:10 PST
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