Like Darryl, I store my current charts rolled up -- in my case, in the drawer of an old dresser that serves me as as printer table (I keep paper and other printing supplies in the top drawers). Years ago I bought some nicely stacking hexagonal storage tubes from an art store -- I suspect drafting supply businesses might have something similar. My old BWCAW topos are stored in those in the attic. Waterproofed maps are hard to write on and the paper becomes harder to fold for use in a kayak. For those areas covered by the NGS TOPO! program, I print out maps as I need them on 8.5-inch by 14-inch NGS water-resistant map paper, which is about as wide as will fit in my map case. (I say water-resistant because I have noticed some ink transfer between stacked wet maps.) For areas TOPO! does not cover, such as the Canadian shore of Lake Superior, I scan Canadian topo maps for use in OziExplorer and, again, print them as I need them. One of the virtues of doing this is that I can overlap the coverage of adjacent maps and also create smaller scale reference maps. Also, the printouts can include waypoints, notes, and projected routes. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 07 2005 - 08:13:00 PST
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