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Archived Support / aerial photo
« on: March 28, 2006, 10:39:42 AM »
Here's another vote for implementing user maps in TF. It would save me a lot of time and effort to add at least one user layer to the photo and topo layers. I have two immediate uses for this requested feature.
1) I could scan plat book pages for use during real time tracking so that I can verify that I am exploring public lands and not trespassing on private land. Currently, I've painstakingly plotted public land boundaries by hand drawing tracks around each section's (square mile) acreage. I have plotted over 700 parcels of public land by hand just in my area of Michigan and would like to use user maps instead for future public land endeavors.
2) I could scan maps available for recreation areas, such as Isle Royale National Park, that contain information not available on the USGS topo sets. There are many paper maps available that it is impractical to duplicate their information for TF use that the user maps feature would enable, ie park trail systems, facilities locations, parking areas, etc.
Thanks for TF and your efforts thus far.
1) I could scan plat book pages for use during real time tracking so that I can verify that I am exploring public lands and not trespassing on private land. Currently, I've painstakingly plotted public land boundaries by hand drawing tracks around each section's (square mile) acreage. I have plotted over 700 parcels of public land by hand just in my area of Michigan and would like to use user maps instead for future public land endeavors.
2) I could scan maps available for recreation areas, such as Isle Royale National Park, that contain information not available on the USGS topo sets. There are many paper maps available that it is impractical to duplicate their information for TF use that the user maps feature would enable, ie park trail systems, facilities locations, parking areas, etc.
Thanks for TF and your efforts thus far.