CalTopo Use Cases

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x-countrycamper
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Re: CalTopo Use Cases

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I love using CalTopo for off trail trip planning. The fact they no longer have the google earth satellite/ aerial imagery is disappointing as naip and global imagery is not nearly as good.

I can spend hours just looking at maps and route planning what unnamed lakes I can camp at and peaks I can bag without much rock climbing.

I also use the fire history for morels, but the information's doesn't include 2020 and 2021 fires.

During the creek fire I kept checking the fire activity watching where i had backpacked the weekend earlier was burned away.
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Re: CalTopo Use Cases

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Caltopo still has the Google satellite imagery if you have a paid subscription.
-Phil
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