> Heh, I was wondering if that might happen. Anyway, I have a few gaps
> in it (mostly forgetting to turn the gps on after a break), so
> hopefully your trace will plug that. The biggest holes are around the
> waterfalls (after Du Cane Hut).
I think I have some decent traces from that area. I was
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, John Henderson wrote:
> > My old man's a surveyor so I've played chainman plenty of times too.
> > These days it's less about the chain and more about carrying the prism
> > to the benchmark and to each spot. You don't expect the surveyor to do
> > the walking, do you?
>
> It w
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Lachlan Rogers wrote:
> Beat me to it!
>
> I hiked the Overland Track in January, and recorded a trace of most of
> it - but the busy getting-back-into-life-after-the-holidays has
> prevented me from adding it to OSM.
>
> I'll be able to provide confirmation of your
Sam Couter wrote:
> My old man's a surveyor so I've played chainman plenty of times too.
> These days it's less about the chain and more about carrying the prism
> to the benchmark and to each spot. You don't expect the surveyor to do
> the walking, do you?
It was a surveyor I met in the field re
John Henderson wrote:
> Yes, the figure from a proper survey should have an accuracy of a few
> centimetres. One of my many jobs (back in the 70s) was a chainman
> (surveyor's assistant). With modern electronic gear, I believe there's
> no such job any more.
My old man's a surveyor so I've p
Beat me to it!
I hiked the Overland Track in January, and recorded a trace of most of
it - but the busy getting-back-into-life-after-the-holidays has
prevented me from adding it to OSM.
I'll be able to provide confirmation of your track.
- Lachlan
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:49 PM, John Henderso
Steve Bennett wrote:
> Garmin Oregon 550.
I see that's got a barometric altimeter too. Very good.
> Ah. What is "GPS-derived altitude" though, exactly - does it rely on a
> model of the earth's surface, or is it effectively computing the
> distance from the satellites?
Purely from satellites,
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:18 PM, John Henderson wrote:
> I suppose it's more popular than when I first walked it - didn't see
> anyone for a couple of days. A friend did a winter trip around that
> time and didn't encounter anyone else at all.
Yeah, during peak season, there's something like 35
Steve Bennett wrote:
> Dunno if I'd call PWS "the government". Personally, I'm glad. I
> wouldn't want to be passing 40 people a day with heavy packs on narrow
> boardwalks...not sure if that was the justification or not though.
> When everyone goes in one direction, it feels much less crowded, to
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:07 PM, John Henderson wrote:
> That was tongue-in-cheek on my part. I just love the government telling
> me which direction I should walk in.
Dunno if I'd call PWS "the government". Personally, I'm glad. I
wouldn't want to be passing 40 people a day with heavy packs on
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Then again, I didn't calibrate the altimeter, so they wouldn't be much use.
>
At walking speed should be reasonably accurate unless very heavy cloud.
It calibrates itself against the GPS calculated height, so at the speed a man
with a pack climbs a moun
Steve Bennett wrote:
> It's not really one-way. You can only complete the whole track in one
> direction from about November to April or so, but there's no rule
> about doing individual sections in reverse order.
That was tongue-in-cheek on my part. I just love the government telling
me which d
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Henderson wrote:
> But you forgot to mark the main track as one-way :)
It's not really one-way. You can only complete the whole track in one
direction from about November to April or so, but there's no rule
about doing individual sections in reverse order.
>
Steve Bennett wrote:
> I've added the Overland Track* and all the major side trips:
> http://osm.org/go/uDrl4bT
> (scroll down to see the full thing)
I've noted the existence of the hiking route in the Australian Tagging
Guidelines.
John H
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Liz wrote:
> It's there now, although there is a bit of feet wetting to do in the southern
> Lake (Lake St Clair?)
At least on my system, that's just the underlying OSM map showing at
present.
It'll do better than that, and render the route as a single entity. See
eg the Bicentennial Nationa
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010, John Henderson wrote:
> > Can't wait till it shows up here:
> > http://osm.lonvia.de/world_hiking.html?zoom=13&lat=-41.7011&lon=1
> >45.94805&layers=FFBT
>
> On past performances, it'll be rendered as a route early Monday morning
> (updated every 24 hours).
>
It's there now,
Steve Bennett wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've added the Overland Track* and all the major side trips:
> http://osm.org/go/uDrl4bT
> (scroll down to see the full thing)
>
> That includes the ascents of Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Lake Will,
> Old Pelion Hut, Mt Oakleigh (about 3/4 of it), the waterfall
Steve Bennett wrote:
> Oh yeah, the weather was great! And so many friendly leeches...
As we bushwalkers say: "Tasmania is a mud-infested leach".
John H
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Liz wrote:
> but did you have a good time?
Oh yeah, the weather was great! And so many friendly leeches...
Steve
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've added the Overland Track* and all the major side trips:
> http://osm.org/go/uDrl4bT
> (scroll down to see the full thing)
>
> That includes the ascents of Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Lake Will,
> Old Pelion Hut, Mt Oakleigh (about 3/4
Hi all,
I've added the Overland Track* and all the major side trips:
http://osm.org/go/uDrl4bT
(scroll down to see the full thing)
That includes the ascents of Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Lake Will,
Old Pelion Hut, Mt Oakleigh (about 3/4 of it), the waterfalls near Du
Cane Hut, Mt Ossa, the Ac
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