Re: [Paddlewise] Maps versus Charts

I have two free maps that I created before trips that are available  
free on the web:

1. Cape Scott and North Vancouver

2. Coast of Nootka Island

http://rrlivingston.com/Site/Kayaking.html




Now before I go on a kayak trip I get data on where I am going and  
make a map. The very act of making the map teaches me about the coast  
that I will be traveling.
  I can print it at any size and in any format. I will often cut  
(digitally) various pieces of the map and compose them on a piece of  
paper for the actual trip so I can have just one small piece of paper  
on deck for the various day paddles

I am now working on the Washington Coast as we will be doing Cape  
Flattery to Destruction Island this summer. Trying to combine data  
from Google maps, US Charts, a series of  coast photographs that are  
available on line and Geodesic Survey. Interesting how they so not all  
match in the details that concern me most -- where can I land at what  
tides under what conditions. The US Charts for the ocean coast are not  
that helpful for small boats.

I really do not like the trend of guidebooks / detailed annotated maps  
since I enjoyed the sense of adventure in not having them but those  
days are not coming back

I am a big fan of the waterproof paper and printing the maps rather  
than the lamination which tends to delaminate.




On May 11, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Doug Lloyd wrote:

> If I ever had got a web site up and running, I'd have had free  
> coastline maps available for print that could be laminated
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