[GeoStL] Raster maps for CO/OR
- From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:51 -0600
-
They are out of Beta firmware for the raster maps. I updated to the new
firmware today. Has anyone got making the maps all figured out. I made one
from GoogleEarth. It was OK. I had trouble aligning the map in GE. It would
be nice to have someone make some and post them for us to download. Both MO
and IL have some pretty good sat photos in the .sid format. I can open and
view them in MapWindow GIS (great freeware GIS program that I use making my
maps). But I cannot get them into googleearth.
MO maps: http://www.msdis.missouri.edu/data/2foot/index.htm
IL Maps:
http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/doq05/download_sp.html
I hope someone will take the lead on figuring this out for the rest of us!
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Placeway
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 3:50 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Major Expansion My Topos, updates of My Trail and
> My POIs RE: Re: New Versions of my garmin maps
>
> -
> I'll play with the Ariel's. I'm a novice, but have some GIS tools to
> dink
> around with. I successfully created a map overlay of my subdivision
> which
> works great on my oregon 300. It is a little slow to draw and pan
> though.
> I'm a little confused about what I should set the draw order at for the
> layer.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jim Bensman
> <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > -
> > No not I have not messed with it yet or loaded the beta firmware.
> There
> > are
> > some issues with the beta firmware so I do not want to try it until
> they
> > are
> > fixed. While vector is far superior and I will take vector over
> raster
> > anytime, there are some instances where aerial photos or (even more
> rarely
> > USGS maps) would be useful. It seems pretty easy to use GoogleEarth
> photos
> > and put them on the GPS. The state has some really high quality
> photos on
> > their GIS website. My hope is someone else will make a map of the
> STL and
> > MOGA areas from the aerial photos and post them on
> www.gpsfiledepot.com
> >
> > I am concentrating on the topo mpas. Got several new 100K quads and
> have
> > redone some of the other ones tsnake did. I also found a great new
> site to
> > make typ file real easy. I could never figure it out. So now I have
> made
> > some major improvements to my trails and my POIs. For example, in
> the past
> > sinkholes would clutter up the map in places like Cliff Cave. I have
> that
> > fixed-now there is just a dot and if you put the cursor on it, it
> says
> > sinkhole. I also have the cave and spring symbols displaying
> correctly. I
> > have also redone the Landownership maps to make them transparent
> (well they
> > only cover up 50%). I am really impressed with the map now. I field
> > tested
> > it yesterday. As those with the CO/OR know, park backgrounds make it
> very
> > hard to read the map in the field and you need to turn off the
> display of
> > the parks in setup. Well the new landownership do not cause
> readability
> > problems. I wish I could get a shapefile with Corp of Engineers
> ownership.
> > I have ownership for Shawnee and Mark Twain National Forests. I will
> be
> > posting updates soon. Maybe today or tomorrow.
> >
> > Jim Bensman
> > "Nature Bats Last"
> >
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