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Re: Mapping

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pathfinder

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Date Posted: 12:02:25 03/31/04 Wed
In reply to: Belvedere 's message, "Re: Ghost Town Expedition" on 23:32:57 03/30/04 Tue

Belv wrote:

>Dang! I like the mapping thing, but I just don't
>think that we could map anything correctly in just a
>couple of days. Not that we're not smart enough or
>anything, its a town, not a trail or camp.
>
>Speaking of mapping, anybody want to map a
>campground?? I've been talking with the BSA
>programming director about Camp Gerber in Twin Lake.
>They need the camp remapped. I have a accurate topo,
>but the positions of buildings and campsites are
>wrong. It could be a good training thing.
>

Why do you say that? With 6-7 people and a qualified Pathfinder, we could map the thing in a day. We just need 3-4 WAAS enabled GPS's, and a NAD27 overlay on a topo map, and we could have the thing accurate within 1-3 meters.

As senior Pathfinder, I find no reason we can't do that.

Pathfinder out.

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Re: Mapping	kursch	20:13:13 04/02/04 Fri
Re: Mapping -- Pathfinder, 20:46:24 04/02/04 Fri