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Alaska; new USGS topi map
Hugh Westacott:
This shows how fortunate we are to live in a tiny country and have the Ordnance Survey as our mapping agency:
http://www.adn.com/2013/09/03/3057221/new-usgs-topo-maps-of-alaska-will.html
Hugh
The geriatric dwarf
Paul Hitchen:
Amen to that Hugh, never knock OS.
I'm doing some climbing in Italy at the mo' and some of the maps here, 1:25 is not the scale, it's the chance of the map being right ! ;D
Even brands like Kompass are not great. I was on a wander weg yesterday coming off a via Ferrata and a refugio and a chapel were not marked. I'm guessing the chapel was not built yesterday!
Makes you appreciate OS.
Cheers
Callum:
A couple of years ago, we decided to tackle Via Ferrata Giuseppe Olivieri up the southern aręte up Punta, having read that it is almost entirely equipped with cables and full-on climbing with big exposure and views to die for – all these details were spot on.
The view onto the south face of Tofana di Rozes is incredible and an after a total ascent of 1500m the views across the dolomites at 2700m were worth the climb.
To reach the start we had marked up, our maps well, as the weather in late October can change at the drop of a hat. In addition I had taken the UTM coordinates from the colourful map. When we arrived at the start I waypointed our location.
Back from our holidays I always load up the waypoints, tracks and routes we have followed onto Google Earth, so you can image my surprise when the start waypoint marked from the map and the one marked when there using my satnav were 280m different – the scary thing was that on Google Earth the one I had taken in the field was spot on!!!!!!! Long live Ordnance Survey :)
Wish I was there with you now Paul ;) as we are back to swimming in The Lakes, the great summer being over :(
Paul Hitchen:
You live in the Lakes? Lucky fella! I Was there last week with Duke of Edinburgh groups around the Langdales. Crackin spot. We have a tiny place in Elterwater as my plan is to spend a year or two there when I retire and walk the lot and support the local micro breweries ;)
Sounds as though you were much more organised than me in planning your via ferrata trip. My planning was to buy a new map and via Ferrata set as mine was a few years old and there have been a lot of product recalls. I'm managing to stay attached to the rock at the mo' which is always a result.
I think I'll pay even more attention to the map detail (or lack of it) now after your tip!
I'll say hello next time I'm in the Lakes back with OS luxury.
All the best
Lost Soul:
I was using some Kompass Maps on the Dolomites late June. The 25K were OK. Colourful and usefully printed on hard wearing waterproof paper but as you say chaps odd bits of critical information were missing - like complete footpaths. Long live OS.
Having said that I picked up a couple of French IGN Carte de Randonnee. They are 25K and provide levels of detail that are equivalent to our own OS 25K Usefully, in flatish areas, contours are provided at 2.5 metre intervals. Have not used them in anger so unable to comment on their true worth but as an example of the modern cartographers art they look equal to OS.
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