My map of 615 campsites I've been in

Cool! Looks like a lot of work - well done!

I agree -- very well done. Also, interesting and useful. Thanks.
Looks like you have no use for the east coast, huh? But why not farther north in Alaska and NWT?

cewillis wrote:
I agree -- very well done. Also, interesting and useful. Thanks.
Looks like you have no use for the east coast, huh? But why not farther north in Alaska and NWT?

I was thinking the same thing about the East coast but bit my tongue :). It would be cool if someone did the same for us right coast folks.

I am amazed at your organizational abilities and perserverance.WELL DONE

Impressive!

I'm curious .... about how many sites took high clearance and four wheel drive to get to?

(Subtracting that from 615 might be about how many we could get to in our 24 foot Class C.)

Ralph, wow!

WOW

Really excellent. And by the way, note that Ralph's list illustrates the "leverage" provided by both computers and the Internet. In the old days, those of us who keep detailed records of things that are important to us would end up with a paper copy -- nice, but of limited use to other folks.

Now, Ralph puts this list together at great effort. It is now available essentially forever to essentially everyone. Not quite the same as self publishing a book, but pretty amazing in comparison to life before the Internet.

And frankly, the fact that the electronic product can be re-distributed provides an incentive to undertake this type of project. Look how many of us on this forum have blogs -- we trade information, and all of us gain by doing so. I don't think that there is a pre-Internet analogy for this phenomenon. It is kind of a digital covered dish supper, I guess. Or maybe a barn raising, or corn husking bee.

It is very interesting (albeit stressful) to live in a time of rapid technological and social change!

Many thanks for all the thumbs up! :)

To answer some of the questions:

- I stick to the West for lower temperatures and humidity
- My trip to Alaska was adventurous enough w/o going further North
- I don't have 4WD and I rarely get on dirt roads I wish I wasn't on. The maximum length of campsites at a particular campground, which can usually be found on the internet, would probably determine if your rig would be suitable.
- profdant139 nailed it. No internet, no map of this sort. :)

FYI, I keep all my campsite data for a particular year (GPS coords, description, etc.) on a spreadsheet on Google Docs. I update it after each campsite. Accessing my yearly map automatically fetches the latest spreadsheet data and plots it. After each travel session, I merge last year's spreadsheet with my latest multi-year map spreadsheet. Since I always stay at some campgrounds I've been to already, I have to eliminate dups after the merging. I then upload the updated multi-year spreadsheet to http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
and it generates the map for me (for free). I download the map data file and then add text explaining how to use it. The all-powerful-all-knowing Google is what is ultimately displaying the map and allowing pan and zoom.

BTW, if you want the spreadsheet that generated this map, just PM me with your email address.

Ramblin' on,