Armor for your iPod OtterBox Armor Series case at backcountry.com AccuTerra terrain maps for hikers, bikers, campers and outdoor travelers are coming soon to the iPhone (the big Version 3.0 upgrade is June 17). Free “lite” versions of the software…
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New trail map at San Jose’s Alum Rock Park
by tom • May 8, 2009 • 0 Comments
Alum Rock Park, on San Jose’s southeastern edge, is about as fine a hiking park as you’ll find within the city limits of a town with a million people living in it. Most city parks have little need for trail…
Hiking maps: does anybody buy them anymore?
by tom • April 30, 2009 • 5 Comments
The rise of do-it-yourself mapping services like everytrail.com has me wondering about the livelihood of people like Tom Harrison, who divides his time between walking all the great trails of California and creating basically the best maps of those trails…
Cool cartography site: Mappery.com
by tom • April 2, 2009 • 0 Comments
Mappery.com has at least one map for every country on the planet, each of the 50 U.S. states and all the Canadian provinces. It also has a host of maps from previous eras. Here’s a slice from a 1948 Yosemite…