That motley crew over at GoBlog tore themselves away from Battlestar Galactica reruns long enough to post an item that should interest any bluelining/brownlining/stream-seeking fly fisherman:
Google Maps added a "Terrain" feature last fall, and it was decent — yeah, cool, I can look at terrain features, whatever. Well, Google just announced that it added contour lines to its maps, making them pretty comparable to USGS topos. It looks like trails and campgrounds are even marked in most national parks.
Cool. Now you’ll know exactly how much suffering you’ll undergo discovering if that thin blue line holds fish or not.
The Upper Sac with contours (What–I’m going to reveal a secret?)
Then again, suffering is bad, the backcountry’s filled with dangerous, carnivorous predators, and the scattered fish are small anyway, so it’s probably best just to fish where everybody else does. I’m just saying is all.
Still, for masochists with a death wish (backcountry = danger), Google Maps is useful and yes — free. We like free.
See you suffering horribly, Tom Chandler.
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Yeah! I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time, not that it will replace owning real USGS Topos, but it does making scouting a little easier. Too bad flat land ohio is so boring…
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