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schweady	04/22/2016 03:56PM   Back in 2012, I did a kmz file of the Pagami Creek fire, pulled from a jpg (or maybe a pdf?) file on the USFS website. Being limited to saving these maps as rectangles means that other info gets covered up, but it's been a useful image to have on the gps on a couple of our trips. Try it out if you'd like.
mirth	04/22/2016 10:24AM   Spectacular! I have been wishing I had some of this data in one place for reference for a while.
butthead	04/22/2016 11:58AM   "fire maps and PMA zones in custom maps rather than track outlines" May just have to play with that. If I remember, took them from .kmz files, should be simple to make a custom map overlay. Lot of possibilities in BaseCamp, the files linked were customized in Topo10, saved as .gpx and should work across platforms. butthead PS: Been looking for a way to link files for sharing here. Started video linking thru my OneDrive, looks to work well. Any problems I am missing? bh
butthead	04/21/2016 06:07PM   Haven't really noticed the name thing, most of my mapping is still done in Delorme Topo. Just plied a bunch of files .kmz/.gpx/.gdb into BaseCamp and started separating location types. Saved the results as .gpx. PMA camping permits specify section. Just another item to keep me busy! butthead
3Ball	04/21/2016 09:27PM   Thank you!
schweady	04/22/2016 09:37AM   quote butthead: "...PMA camping permits specify section..." Thanks. Turns out, I did have that entire set of stuff in another BaseCamp list folder, found on another site. Seems like it would be neat to have the fire maps and PMA zones in custom maps rather than track outlines, like the Lake Depths map from that same source.
butthead	04/21/2016 01:01PM   files for import into mapping programs. These were compiled in BaseCamp and imported/edited into Delorme Topo 10. Comments appreciated. butthead
schweady	04/21/2016 03:56PM   Thanks! Some new data, some previously acquired, all good. Now I have five new lists safely tucked away into a New List Folder in BaseCamp entitled "gpx files from butthead." Question: why the different sections within the individual PMA units? Am I just not familiar with how those areas are set up? Comment: Does it drive you as batty as it does me that each track and waypoint in BaseCamp must have its own unique name? On my Garmin unit, all of my walleye spots are named 'W.' When importing into BaseCamp, they get numbers appended. Moving them back and forth between computer and unit means a lot of renaming or else living with the screen clutter (like the '001' attached to your track names here). It shows up again when I want to use the non-unique (usually single digit) lake-specific campsite numbers on my gps to reduce screen clutter and it becomes quite the pain when moving a group of them from the computer to my Garmin before a trip.