bigzaggin
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Almanac question...
3 questions actually...
1.) What is the scale of the newest Baja Almanac? I often use a map wheel in Baja and on my last trip down could not for the life of me find the
scale printed in the almanac. Seems like it should be right in the front. We estimated 250K to 1?
2.) If the scale IS listed, where the hell is it?
3.) If the scale is NOT listed, why the hell not?
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bajalou
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I do not think it is listed.
(3) - cause the publisher didn't want to list it.
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Bajamatic
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bigzaggin:
Its not listed. I have run many tests and the scale is approximately 1:250,000. Thanks. check your U2U.
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bigzaggin
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Why would someone NOT want to list scale on a map? What's the motivation there? Seems a bit like publishing a cookbook without measurements.
Thanks Bajamatic. Check your U2U2.
[Edited on 6-7-2010 by bigzaggin]
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Bob and Susan
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why not get a gps...
under $100usa
almanacs are so "old school"
gps way more accurate too
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bigzaggin
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What is this "GPS" machine of which you speak? Is it some sort of sextant? A newfangled compass per chance? Alas, I might be too old school to ever
master such a device, forever doomed to wander the Sonora, clutching my faded almanac.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
why not get a gps...
under $100usa
almanacs are so "old school"
gps way more accurate too |
------even better, coordinate/plot your GPS "waypoints" on the pages of the almanac. I bought at SPORTS LTD here in Redding, CA a template named
WAYPOINTER (made by "waypoint enterprises")that works great.
Barry
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Bob and Susan
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i had an LTD once...it got me there too
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i had an LTD once...it got me there too |
----how do you know if you didn't have an Almanac-----the GPS knows where you are, but do you?
Barry
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we used a GPS all over Europe on streets in countries we had never been in before - saved us so much grief ............ wonderful fantabulous great
invention 
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Barry A.
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-----I agree, and have one, but I would not be without my Almanac. 
Barry
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Bob and Susan
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i'm lost...what was the subject...
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i'm lost...what was the subject... |
----almanac vs GPS-----which is best??? I say neither----both should be used in conjunction with each other.
Barry
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I have been very impressed with Bing Maps
You can actually create trips from the US to Mexico and Mexico internally.
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