The main charts look like 1 inch = 1 mile? Not sure. These are not like the mini-charts many kayakers use around here. The Kermantis maps tie in with his essential guide book series I think. Kermantis is taking over Wavelength magazine for the/by the September issue; working hard on a marine trail ralley, and was up in Port Hardy this weekend for the opening of the new North Trail to Cape Scott starting in Susharti Bay. This guys a mover and a shaker. DL > 11"*14" is still bulky. Less bulky than charts, though. Will take a > substantial part of my deck bag - and won't fit into a "map pocket" of on > the deckbag, so will have to be stored on the deck. If you carry any deck > bag, opening the bag with many small items to retrive the map book isn't a > good idea. When I made my own laminated map books for those regions that > I > needed (following the advice of sombedy on this list), I made it about > 8"*10". What is the scale of this atlas, btw? > >> How do paddlers feel about these new spiral map books (Kermantis has a >> splash proof atlas I just picked up for Vancouver Island) that can be >> used >> to replace marine charts? Or are the map books combined with a GPS > covering >> the basics? >> >> http://www.fedpubs.com/subject/outdoor/bc_atlas1.htm >> >> Not sure if this has come up before. >> >> Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 11 2008 - 01:33:00 PDT
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