A love of maps

[ness]

3 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Dont you live in KS?  Didnt know they knew what a map was since it flat enough to see from east to west and north to south. 

Hey now...we’ve got a hill. 

[jdmidwest]

I like the older ones.  I can look at the underneath of a lot of newer lakes that are too small for Navionics to graph and map.  Helps in scouting.

I have been using Delorme Topo for years, now Garmin, on computers and tablets during my travels.  Digital topo maps with different overlays, their version, USGS, Open Maps, and aerials.  Tablets with gps chips make great nav units.

[Guest]

I have a Bachelors Degree in Geography with a specialization in GIS/mapping/cartography from the University of Arkansas. My current employment is GIS Specialist. 

I literally look at maps 40-50hrs per week & then weekends looking at google earth & my hummingbird electronics on the water. You would think that it would get old at some point, but never does. I've been consumed by mapping for 20 years (voluntarily). 

I'm patiently waiting on google Earth to update the imagery with 2018 data. It's like Christmas time for me. Oklahoma already released images for the Tenkiller area. Its from January when the lake is really low & ice was frozen in the shallows. Very good quality imagery

[Guest]

USGS water data stream gauges have a drop down box on the web page, set it to "location" & it will reveal a map with all the other gauges on it too. Extremely helpful when hunting for good water after a big flood. 

 

 

This is the gauge pouring into Beaver Lake is here (Wyman Rd. Bridge, it has water temperature & turbidity gauges too) 

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/uv?cb_00010=on&cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=07048600&period=45&begin_date=2018-03-05&end_date=2018-04-04

 

You can view the location map selection for Arkansas, here:

https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/nwisquery.html?URL=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd&format=sitefile_output&sitefile_output_format=xml&column_name=agency_cd&column_name=site_no&column_name=station_nm&column_name=site_tp_cd&column_name=dec_lat_va&column_name=dec_long_va&column_name=agency_use_cd