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Joe_Schmeaux Inukshuk Offline Posts: 395 Location: Alberta Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	Gmap4 online mapping tool May 25^th, 2012 at 6:23pm	Quote Print Post
	I ran across this in Canadian Canoe Routes, and Gmap4 doesn't seem to have been discussed here before, so hopefully it will be of use to someone. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Briefly, Gmap4 is a free mapping tool with integrated topos and Google Earth photos. It has capabilities for adding routes, GPS tracks and waypoints. I have just started playing with it, so I apologize to the developer for not having done full justice to the capabilities of his software in that short description. But the interface is quite intuitive, so try it out for yourself and see if you find it a useful tool for canoe trip planning.


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Drewfus Inukshuk Offline Posts: 291 Location: Illinois Joined: Mar 11^th, 2008	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #1 - May 28^th, 2012 at 5:06am	Quote Print Post
	Joe, The developer will probably never see it here anyways, so no worries on what they think, other than they deserve a pat on the back for free mapping. Thanks for posting this, hopefully after the holiday weekend folks can see and take advantage.


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Jim Inukshuk Offline Posts: 73 Location: California Joined: Aug 3^rd, 2011	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2012 at 7:39pm	Quote Print Post
	I also started playing with it over the weekend, and am impressed. It even has Canadian topo maps (just added)! I am having a bit of trouble getting the maps to print the way that I want them to, but haven't worked at it too much yet.


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DentonDoc Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2012 at 8:42pm	Quote Print Post
	I do like the fact that the maps are vector based, with means they scale up without pixelating. I also like knowing the flowage direction, but I'd like a way to turn it off ... it is a bit of unnecessary clutter one you know which way the water is moving. If you plan to use these maps for navigating, I'd do a thorough check with another set of maps. Just for grins I looked at an area of Quetico where I plan to be traveling soon and noticed that the portage from Brent to William is missing from the Canadian maps. dd


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Joe_Schmeaux Inukshuk Offline Posts: 395 Location: Alberta Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #4 - May 31^st, 2012 at 9:41pm	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc wrote on May 29^th, 2012 at 8:42pm: I also like knowing the flowage direction, but I'd like a way to turn it off ... Joseph (no relation) is in the process of making exactly this change to the code. I don't want to turn QJ into a gateway to CCR (db seems bummed out enough these days as it is), but here's the ongoing discussion (with a link to a temporary "no arrows" fix): (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) No more competitor links "for a long time", I promise


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arnesr Inukshuk Offline Posts: 205 Location: Hortonville WI Joined: Mar 19^th, 2004	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #5 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 2:59pm	Quote Print Post
	I figured out how to get the program to show portages overlayed on the map by pointing to the file on Azelea's site: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) For some reason the campsite + portage gpx file doesn't seem to work though. I think it may be the "+" in the file name that is confusing the app. Perhaps it is something else though. Anyway, Gmap4 is a neat and useful app, thanks for pointing it out!
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azalea Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1084 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 13^th, 2004	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #6 - Jun 10^th, 2012 at 5:11pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: For some reason the campsite + portage gpx file doesn't seem to work though. I think it may be the "+" in the file name that is confusing the app. Perhaps it is something else though. The gmap4 guy contacted me about this and I have chnaged the file name, replacing the "+" with a "-" so it now works with the new file name there. Also I have put out there a version of the PCD waypoint file in GPX format. It is as at (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) This may be a temp thing but it is there now if anyone want to play with it on gmap4.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Gmap4 online mapping tool Reply #7 - Jun 11^th, 2012 at 6:02am	Quote Print Post
	Any way to turn the huge balloons into dots?


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