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I thought I would collect some of the useful links for Mapping and GPS that I use. Please add if you have some others.

For finding/sharing GPS tracks:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/netw ... st/view.mb
http://everytrail.com/

Topo Maps:
http://mapper.acme.com/
http://www.topozone.com

3D Terrain Visualiztion:
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/
http://earth.google.com/
http://www.gpstrailmaps.com/map3d/

Converting GPS track:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert

Create your own Google Map:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map

Make your own Elevation Profile:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/profile

Geocahcing:
www.geocaching.com

Georeference Photos:
http://oregonstate.edu/~earlyj/gpsphotolinker/
http://www.robogeo.com/home/

Mapping Tools
http://www.faureragani.it/mygps/

General info:
http://gpsinformation.net/

Very cool! Thanks, Travis.

wish i saw this a few days ago. really useful

This new Caltopo map site is a great resource for route planning and sharing maps, gps data, etc. Here is the user guide.

Gmap4 is another enhanced Google map viewer.

It can display GPX, KML, KMZ, TPO and Google My Places maps.
Example KML file (with UTM grid):
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.p ... &coord=utm

You can do trip planning and click once to make both a waypoint and routepoint. Menu ==> Draw and save. Save your work as a GPX file.

If you open a Gmap4 link with the browser on a mobile device, then you automatically see a touch friendly interface. Note that the browser has to be online.

If you are GIS savvy, Gmap4 can display any data available via REST or WMS.
Examples: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4_g ... xample_usa

The Gmap4 homepage has a FAQ, examples, quick start info (in the Help file) and more to quickly get you up to speed.

Gmap4 default map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php

Gmap4 homepage: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.html

Joseph, the Gmap4 guy
Redmond, WA

Wow, thanks for posting all of these!

I've been posting some of my GPS tracks to connect.garmin.com. More for personal tracking and fitness, but if you have a link to the "activity", posted trips are available for download in multiple formats. No user is required for download. Tracks can be directly viewed on the site and played in Bing or Google maps with additional metrics. Not really for route planning\topo needs but if you know a route exists its a place to grab it. I've been starting to add links to my tracks on SummitPost log entries I write.

With all of the experience here it would be great to have a .gpx repository specific to San Gabes and surrounding areas. It could make some of these trips a lot more accessible.

I would love to get my hands (digital or physical) on some olde maps of the San Gabriels. Does anyone know where I could find, buy, log on, to access old maps?

FYI, I'm not looking to find actual treasure, the maps are the treasure!

USGS topo quads (old and new) used to be available here: http://store.usgs.gov/

Not sure what's going on with that site anymore. They might still be available there.

Old aerial imagery lives here: http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/

Very old mining plats are at URLs like this: http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/landrec ... 12%20W.pdf

The %20 is 'space', and the other numbers are township/range coordinates that you can change to get the map you want. These are pretty cool, but generally too old to be useful for anything.

The map collection of the LA public library (central branch in DTLA, lowest level) is generally fantastic and has lots and lots of stuff. They have all the USGS quads for instance. Lots of old maps of Southern California in general, but not a ton in the mountains. And I've looked.

And that's all I know about. Anybody else?

jjoshuagregory wrote: I would love to get my hands (digital or physical) on some olde maps of the San Gabriels. Does anyone know where I could find, buy, log on, to access old maps?

They've made it much easier to download digital copies of old maps at the new National Map website. Be careful, though, downloading old topos can become an addiction that will interfere with normal life.

Sean wrote: They've made it much easier to download digital copies of old maps at the new National Map website. Be careful, though, downloading old topos can become an addiction that will interfere with normal life.

Found anything particularly interesting there? I've looked previously, and it was mostly not-quite-high-enough-resolution aerial imagery. What are the good data sets?

dima wrote:
Found anything particularly interesting there? I've looked previously, and it was mostly not-quite-high-enough-resolution aerial imagery. What are the good data sets?

Don't know about old aerial imagery. I only use it for the historical topos. That's the easiest way to find old trails and cabins and things.

OK. Just looked at it. It's the same data that store.usgs.gov has (had?) Which is to say, it's pretty good. Just looked in the Fish Canyon falls area. The 1939 topo shows the bypass trail and has cabins marked above the falls. Didn't check them out last week. Too bad.

I am personally a fan of the MRDS by USGS. That helps me find mines pretty well.