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How best to print google topo maps for hiking purposes
I'm just curious if there is a better way to print Google topological
maps for hiking purposes? Here's why google topo maps have an advantage: a. Hiking maps, by their very nature, get destroyed in use, so, you want a cheap and small set of maps. b. USGS maps are too big and too expensive to be useful for rough hiking (i.e., hiking in steep hills where the map takes a beating). c. You often want to annotate the map ahead of time, with route information or whatever, which is best done on a computer that knows GPS coordinates Now here is the "printer" problem: A. Every time *I* print a google topological map in B&W (the only printer I have), the isocline lines come out far too light to be useful. B. I don't have a color printer (although I guess I could send it off to a printer). QUESTION: Is there a better way to print Google topological maps? |
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How best to print google topo maps for hiking purposes
Eddie Powalski wrote
I'm just curious if there is a better way to print Google topological maps for hiking purposes? Here's why google topo maps have an advantage: a. Hiking maps, by their very nature, get destroyed in use, so, you want a cheap and small set of maps. b. USGS maps are too big and too expensive to be useful for rough hiking (i.e., hiking in steep hills where the map takes a beating). c. You often want to annotate the map ahead of time, with route information or whatever, which is best done on a computer that knows GPS coordinates Now here is the "printer" problem: A. Every time *I* print a google topological map in B&W (the only printer I have), the isocline lines come out far too light to be useful. B. I don't have a color printer (although I guess I could send it off to a printer). Or just buy the cheapest inkjet printer you can find. Costs peanuts. QUESTION: Is there a better way to print Google topological maps? |
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How best to print google topo maps for hiking purposes
On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:49:36 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
Or just buy the cheapest inkjet printer you can find. Costs peanuts. I swore off ink long ago, after dealing with HP Costco injets. Never again will I own an inkjet printer (which can't easily be refilled due to shenanigans by the manufacturer). |
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How best to print google topo maps for hiking purposes
Eddie Powalski wrote
Rod Speed wrote Or just buy the cheapest inkjet printer you can find. Costs peanuts. I swore off ink long ago, after dealing with HP Costco injets. I didn’t. Never again will I own an inkjet printer I own two of the same model. (which can't easily be refilled due to shenanigans by the manufacturer). I got the last of the Canons that don’t have chipped carts and when another example showed up at a garage/yard sale got another of those in case I need any parts. No need to refill at all, the carts are so cheap off ebay that I just got a box of 20 of each color for peanuts and will likely end up tossing the last of them because I print so rarely. |
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