Map Datum, UTM conversion and entry)ĭigital, e.g. cons: very tedious and time-consuming, subject to user error as well as inadequacies in the map representation (e.g.pros: creates an intimacy with the maps.digital route planning Traditional: Create list of waypoints by hand with approximate MGRS coordinates (6-digit UTMs) Enter these manually into a GPS You can download the necessary software from my website, but it’s a bit dated - you are advised to hunt down the latest versions. If you like this one you light also like my article on how to make your own topo maps! But now let’s get started with Google Earth and GPSes… If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact me via my Contact Form. This article doesn’t have a lot of detail, but despite being dated it gives a valuable overview that should help you link the high-tech features of Google Earth and Smartphones with the old(er)-school robust reliability and performance of a Garmin GPS unit. This summer’s Disaster in the Alps, is a perfect case study: 10 skiers, led by a mountain guide, got lost in a whiteout as a result of relying on a Smartphone that failed to perform. However, just as GPS units did not render a paper map and compass obsolete, neither do Smartphones, despite their convenience, render GPS units obsolete. A lot has changed over the years with respect to digital mapping technology, most notably the usability of smartphones as navigational tools. Would love to do it again one of these days when I wasn't stressed out over noises coming out of the front end of the rig.This document was used as a handout for several Continuing Professional Development sessions I conducted for the ACMG, 2012-15. Better safe than sorry though.Įnded up making a right turn off of Gateway Road onto LaSal Mountain Loop Road in Grand County, UT and ended up north east of Moab on Hwy 128 rather than ending up on Sand Flat Road going straight into downtown Moab. Had plenty of water and food to be enough for several days if needed. If not, I'd prolly need assistance of some sort. I was only expecting a 4 or 5 hour trip across, but figured if there was something that happened I could take care of it and still make Moab in 24 hours. The moment we pulled off pavement at Gateway, I texted a friend back home, told him where we were, where we were headed and asked that if he hadn't heard from us in Moab in 24 hours to make a phone call. We were taking the trip alone, taking a route that might or might not all be there and I was having some bad noises coming out of the front differential. If it hadn't been for the rain it would have been about 6 inches of bull dust. We were the second set of tracks since the rain the day before. When we crossed it had just rained and the moment we crossed into UT where the trail wasn't as maintained we hit several miles of sloppy 3 inch deep mud. As long as you keep heading west you'll eventually run across Hwy 191 or 128 along the Colorado River. None showed a complete route, but each one showed enough to put together a route. I had to make up the route from 3 different digital map sets from various programs. Once you cross into UT, you better have good maps and direction skills. Roads on the CO side are well marked with signs pointing to Moab at every crossroad. Out of Gateway to the west there's a road called John Brown Road, this is the first leg of dirt getting across the CO/UT line and on into Moab. Took Last Dollar Road over to Hwy 62 (Long way outta the way to be on the dirt and see the sights), then back to Hwy 145 Up to Ouray and across Imogene Pass in to Telluride. Route was basically from Creede, CO across Stoney Pass to Silverton Last August my daughter and I made a trip through South West CO and on up into Moab. If you're trying to do it all offroad, that may be a task. Here's the route (highlighted) I'd like Base Camp to create for me:Ĭan't help you with the map much. Anyone know how to make Garmin's Base Camp create a route using an existing road or trail? I really don't want to have to add a point at each turn to create the route. Ophir Pass is well defined but makes quite a few twists and turns on it's way over to 145. Here's an example- first leg- leaving out of Silverton, Co and taking Ophir Pass, also known as CR 8, over to Highway 145. and have the software add the points along the road. What I'd like to do, is click on a trail, forest road, etc. In Garmin's Base Camp I understand how to make a route, or track, by adding individual points to create a route. I'd like to create a route in Garmin Base Camp to make the navigation on the trail easier. I've been studying the Delorme Gazeteer and have found the combination of roads and trails to get me from Silverton to Moab. I am planning a trip from Silverton, Co to Moab, UT.
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