From: Alan R. Hamm (ahamm@alanhamm.com)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 12:36:21 CDT
Signe,
Did you find them way off too? I know I entered several camps from a list
obtained from Sheldon's site that appeared to be much closer to "reality".
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Signe Rogers" <HikinMama@iglide.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Re: GPS DATA Available?
> Since demonstrating ability to use a GPS is one of the Venturing Ranger
> Award requirements, when I hiked with a crew of Venturers in 2001, we took
> advantage of the opportunity to use the GPS at Philmont. As others have
> observed, proper use of a GPS requires being aware of several factors,
> including the fact that it does not *exactly* pinpoint locations. There
> will always be some deviation and users must of course keep this in mind.
> It is also my strong opinion, and probably the opinion of just about every
> other GPS user out there, that one can not make it a substitute for map &
> compass skills.
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> I entered waypoints before hitting the trail, and then I also marked
> waypoints in my GPS as we went along the trek. The waypoints taken from
the
> locations themselves are in a spreadsheet that Selden has put on his web
> site. http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/philmont-t19-gps.xls
> The waypoints are limited to the trek we did last summer, and since it was
> all North & Valle Vidal, it will have limited use for any treks this
summer,
> but you should know those are from-the-trail markings and not based off
the
> map grids. Also, Trek 19 that we did in '01 is a different itinerary than
> the '02 Trek 19. The deviations of what my GPS recorded & where yours
will
> take you will still be there, but they should be much closer than the map
> readings.
>
> Signe Rogers
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