+BPACH Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Does anyone know of mapping software or even paper maps that show fire roads and two tracks. I want to find a cache in Michigan and it seems like the closet I can get is a couple of miles away through some harsh territory. It seems like one of those "you cant get there from here" deals. Team BPACH..We dont know where we are going, but we know where we are. Quote Link to comment
bstevent Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BPACH:Does anyone know of mapping software or even paper maps that show fire roads and two tracks. I want to find a cache in Michigan and it seems like the closet I can get is a couple of miles away through some harsh territory. It seems like one of those "you cant get there from here" deals. If they are available for your area, and if the area you want to cover is relatively small, and if flight lines have been flown since the roads in which you are interested were built, then aerial photographs are the way to go. But they can be costly. They include details that will never make it to commercially available maps. Two sequential photos and a hand held viewer give you an amazing three dimensional view. Quote Link to comment
Movinfr8 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Try terraserver. goto the advanced find section and enter the coordinates, or I think you can click on it from the cache page. Hope that works, Norm Quote Link to comment
Us 5 Camp Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BPACH:Does anyone know of mapping software or even paper maps that show fire roads and two tracks. I want to find a cache in Michigan and it seems like the closet I can get is a couple of miles away through some harsh territory. It seems like one of those "you cant get there from here" deals. Team BPACH..We dont know where we are going, but we know where we are. What's the name of the cache.... I'd be interested in seeing if the road in question is on the Mapsource Topo program. You can preview it through garmin's website... Click Here then under Mapsource viewer, select TOPO East.. Good Luck! "Never have a philosophy which supports a lack of courage..." Quote Link to comment
Us 5 Camp Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BPACH:Does anyone know of mapping software or even paper maps that show fire roads and two tracks. I want to find a cache in Michigan and it seems like the closet I can get is a couple of miles away through some harsh territory. It seems like one of those "you cant get there from here" deals. Team BPACH..We dont know where we are going, but we know where we are. What's the name of the cache.... I'd be interested in seeing if the road in question is on the Mapsource Topo program. You can preview it through garmin's website... Click Here then under Mapsource viewer, select TOPO East.. Good Luck! "Never have a philosophy which supports a lack of courage..." Quote Link to comment
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 the National Geographic TOPO ! cd's. Spendy but worth it. And if you have USFS grond there, You might head on over to the SO or a Ranger District and ask for a " Blue Line " map. The blue line maps are the USFS's own fire maps and the most up to date for roads. luck. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Try the trial version of ExpertGPS. It will let you do both the topo and arial photograph for that cache. Quote Link to comment
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