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Re: CalTopo Use Cases

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:00 pm
by x-countrycamper
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.

Re: CalTopo Use Cases

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:29 pm
by wildhiker
Caltopo still has the Google satellite imagery if you have a paid subscription.
-Phil