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#182800 - 09/22/09 01:29 AM Re: Over-simplified maps - thanks for getting me lost! [Re: Susan]
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
Originally Posted By: Susan
Darned local riffraff! Stole the whole lake!


Hate it when that happens!

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#182811 - 09/22/09 02:20 AM Re: Over-simplified maps - thanks for getting me lost! [Re: dweste]
ironraven Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
Those maps are drawn by old timers who got sick of saying "can't get there from here". And they are making sure you can't. smile
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When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.

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#182815 - 09/22/09 02:51 AM Re: Over-simplified maps - thanks for getting me lost! [Re: ironraven]
NobodySpecial Offline
Member

Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 197
Not cheap and limited interational coverage but very good;


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#182820 - 09/22/09 04:16 AM Re: Over-simplified maps - thanks for getting me lost! [Re: dweste]
haertig Offline
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Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
Originally Posted By: dweste
The last time all I wanted was to check out the riverfront beach as a possible float trip take-out spot, and there were well-beaten trails identical in size, with no signs, where there was no indication of forks in the trail on the map. Grrr!

They probably weren't official trails. Just paths left by many people hacking it on their own in the same footsteps. The park doesn't want you doing that and destroying possibly delicate land, so they're not going to condone the activity by promoting it to an official trail on their maps.

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