Winter's snowfall brings the closure of roads through much of California's High Sierra. During springtime the passes are cleared of snow, fallen trees, and rock slides in preparation for the reopening of mountain passes to vehicular traffic. That's good news for trouthunters seeking waters of the Eastern Sierra which are prime fishing destinations for trophy trout.
The Trouthunter's Palace| DeLorme Topo USA® Version 5.0 and 4.0 Mapping Software Features ($99.95 retail) |
Topo USA 5.0 | Topo USA 4.0 |
| FREE download of $50 worth of Aerial Data Packets (ADPs), including up-to-date aerial photos (DOQQs), 10-meter color satellite images, and scanned USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps (free downloads only available via Web download from the DeLorme 4-terabyte server). View and work with your imagery side-by-side with Topo USA's maps to gain an entirely new terrain perspective. $50 worth equals 50-square kilometers. Buy more when you want* |
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| FREE CD included shows breathtaking aerial imagery of a variety of national places of interest |
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| Access and download DeLorme campground information from 16,107 State and National Parks using the software's Netlink tab |
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| New 3-D views let you look around from where you stand as well as out to where you're heading. You even can see the free imagery rendered on a realistic 3-D map |
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| Automatically download your GPS track files as routable roads or trails |
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| Includes 74,553 miles of updated trail data from 50 national parks and forests nationwide |
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| Includes the most recent national street network available from DeLorme |
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| Automatically route on trails for more than the previously restricted 50 miles -- ideal for long national trails like the Pacific Crest |
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| GPS Sun/Moon tab for outdoors usage |
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| More GPS settings including auto-start GPS, man-overboard waypoint marker, auto-magnify map when GPS is running, and enable WAAS and LED on USB Earthmate |
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| Link your favorite pictures to the maps. Show your favorite lake, mountain, or vacation home accurately located. Send to friends with included directions |
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| Link documents and Web urls to the maps |
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| Right-click to easily copy maps to the clipboard |
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| Right-click to see map information displayed on the Info tab |
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| New map colors and text labelling provide easier-to-read maps. Users can now choose between Streets and Topo color tables to change the appearance of the maps |
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| New Smart Dialogue Tool-tips help you get the most from your software. Turn them on and off at your discretion |
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| Select from many new colors in the Draw Tab. Draw Tab now includes multiple undos |
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| New Print-Screen function enables quick-printing of maps |
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| Split-screen views let you look at different map types side-by-side |
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| Draw on an aerial image on one side of the split-screen and it automatically draws on the adjacent map |
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| Create automatic street and highway routes to get you to the trailhead -- then create and print automatic trail routes showing elevations to bring with you |
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| Add your own routable trails and local streets to the maps to update new places as you discover them |
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| Experience easier waypoint management with the data exchange wizard |
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| Use multiple new map symbol sets -- all searchable within the software |
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["Maria & Joe" writes...] Trouthunter!, cool photots and report
What kinf go GPS machine do you use?(maker and Modle number please)
Maria & Joe 91 Winni
___________ [Trouthunter replies...] Maria & Joe,
I have the Magellan GPS Blazer12, a portable handheld unit that's
about 4 years old. The 7-ounce Blazer12 has three screens showing
info like distance to desired waypoints, ground speed, and satellite
status to guide even the most inexperienced hiker to that legendary
secret fishing spot and home again. The catch is either it's not
working properly or I haven't yet figured out how to use it. I can't
get it to lock onto satellites. In any event, my intended use was
for hiking and not for use with DeLorme's Topo USA, the PC mapping
software which generated the map and elevation profile data in my
earlier note. The GPS coordinates listed in my note is a feature of
the DeLorme Topo USA mapping software which displays the longitude
and latitude data at any mouse-pointer position.
DeLorme, however, does offer a device called the Earthmate GPS which
is designed for their mapping software. It's apparently used in
moving vehicles and coupled by cable or wireless to a laptop or
handheld computer. It looks interesting but it doesn't seem to be
what trouthunting hikers may need in the back woods.
Here's the Delorme Earthmate GPS link.
http://www.delorme.com/earthmate/
["Ed" writes in reply to...] > The catch is either it's not working properly
> or I haven't yet figured out how to use it. I owned one of those. Note the past tense. It'll lock, eventually. Mine used to take upwards of 15 minutes to get a lock on enough birds to report
a position.
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[Trouthunter replies...]
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