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Map of L.A. in 1880

July 12, 2010

It is kind of insane to think about just how fast L.A. grew from a sleepy village surrounded by orchards into a world-class megalopolis, but L.A. is so good at paving over its history that it’s tough to get a good perspective on it. Recently, the excellent L.A. History tweeted out this link to an [...]

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Updated Station Fire Closure Map

June 4, 2010

As was noted earlier, some of the original areas of the Station Fire Burn Area have been re-opened to the public. Unfortunately, the accompanying Forest Service map was low-resolution, so it wasn’t all that helpful to hikers looking to revisit their favorite peaks. Thankfully, John Tangenberg of the Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter’s Geographical Information Systems Committee [...]

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Put SoCal on Your Wall in 3D

May 3, 2010

When the team at Summit Terragraphics asked if I wanted to check out their new 3D relief map of Southern California, I was more than happy to oblige. Their maps are high-resolution satellite images overlaid on terrain models generated by NASA topography missions. They are meant to mimic the view you’d have if you were [...]

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Review: AccuTerra for iPhone

December 15, 2009

Earlier this year, I went up to Big Bear for some snowshoeing. I went on the Pine Knot Trail, and while it was fun, I definitely got lost more than I like to when I’m in the middle of the woods – both due to the snow covering most of the trail junctions and a [...]

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Google Trail View?

October 22, 2009

Google, our future lovable life overlords, are extending their virtual reality-ish maps service Street View off of the road and onto the trail … and into theme parks, too. The street view section of Google Maps currently allows users to get an actual view of their chosen location on almost every street in the United [...]

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The Most Remote Place On Earth

April 21, 2009

We hikers and backpackers give ourselves a lot of credit for hiking hours into the wilderness, miles away from cars and electricity and the trappings of modern civilization. But the cold, hard fact is, really, we’re not that far away from the rest of the world. And apparently, neither are most of the rest of [...]

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Best Hiking Maps for L.A.

December 31, 2008

Reader Jess wrote-in recently with a few questions: We know LA fairly well and have done dozens of hikes. However, we’ve yet to get too adventurous in terrain or distance. One reason is we have yet to figure out where/how to find decent/detailed maps for the Santa Monicas and San Gabriels. We’ve scoured online and [...]

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Giant Freakin’ Map!

October 30, 2008

Apparently, the National Geographic Society decided they would start touring around with a 26 x 34 foot map of North America without stopping by my apartment. Lame. 2007′s Giant Map of Asia Instead, they’ll be taking this cartophile’s dream to schools, to teach kids about the physical and economic reasons for various city locations, and [...]

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Online Map Jigsaw Puzzles

May 18, 2008

Personally, I’m not one for puzzles of any sort. If the solution doesn’t become apparent to me within a few minutes of starting, I end up just getting frustrated and angry. Maybe puzzles are supposed to teach me a life-lesson about dealing with that, but so far they’ve been unsuccessful. However, I do have a [...]

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Now With Countours

April 8, 2008

A few days ago, Google quietly added some fancy new contour lines to its “Terrain Mode” on Google Maps. As noted before, most of the prominent peaks are labeled, as well as other geographic features. In National Parks, campgrounds, ranger stations, and a few trails show up, too — but our local National Forests are [...]

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