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Cyber Scouting and Mapping to the next level - CalTopo

Unread postby Schubox1265 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:29 am

If you do not use CalTopo, you are missing out on a great tool for scouting and mapping.

Besides the obvious cool things like being able to draw and mark-up your own maps, import and export gps files, CalTopo has some really cool shading features.

I'll use North Dakota for my example:
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Let's say that I want to focus on the areas 1/3 down from the top, in this case Elevation 2300 Ft to 2340 Ft.
The DEM Shading option can accomplish this.
Here is the code:
The FF number is an RGB hex color code. You can use any color you like.
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Here is the result:

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Now let's say that I would be very interested in seeing south facing slopes at this elevation:

Here is the code:

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Here is the result:

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Oh, and CalTopo also uses transparent topo over satellite:

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You can also print to pdf and use overlays. Check it out.


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Unread postby Dewey » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:10 am

Now that is cool!! 8-)

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Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:20 am

Thanks for bringing this up. I forgot about the elevation feature. The developer told me about that, but I don't remember needing to come up with codes to do it. How did you get the codes?
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Unread postby binney59 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:51 am

Wow- that is awesome! Thanks for showing that.
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Unread postby Schubox1265 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:08 am

DEERSLAYER wrote: How did you get the codes?


You make your own codes. Under '+Add New Layer / Add DEM Shading'. There are examples on the right. s for slope, e for elevation (use f to use FT) and a for aspect.

Lastly is the color code
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Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:11 am

great site, thanks for posting!
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Unread postby Trailcamaddict » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:16 am

SOLD! - Thanks for this tip, I don't hunt hill country yet, but I will, and I will be cyber scouting it with these tools.
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Unread postby bigwoodsmn » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:22 am

Thanks for the post - that's a really cool feature.
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Unread postby OH nontypical » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:37 am

Reccomended to me a few weeks ago by another beast member. It's a great scouting tool.

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Unread postby mbucks27 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:12 am

This is very good info. Thanks for posting!!

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Unread postby xpauliber » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:57 am

Thats awesome! Thanks for taking the time to post it up. I am a map junkie and need to add this to my .
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Unread postby BCD » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:10 am

How do you show the UTM lines?
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Unread postby Schubox1265 » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:38 am

BCD wrote:How do you show the UTM lines?


Upper left under settings there is a 'Show Grid' toggle.
There is a slider below that to change the intensity.
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Unread postby fbcoach39 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:49 am

How do I draw on map?

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Unread postby dan » Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:53 am

Thats awesome...


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