Middle Watch Musings
• Mar. 27, 2007 - The Helpful
Today was a great day. I was very concerned about the expense of the vast number charts needed for the trip north. I already have electronic charts and a laptop but I hesitate to put all my faith in anything that involves electricity, computers and Microsoft.
I was once briefing a senior soldier on digital maps and mapping systems and I showed him a palm pilot like device with topographic maps on it. He asked me what happened if it got shot by a piece of shrapnel or something. I told him it would be ruined. He said "That is the difference, if it was a paper map you would still have a map with a hole in it."
In keeping with that philosophy I have been searching for the paper charts of the north coast and so I put an ad in our club newsletter. I immediately got several calls from folks offering up entire sets of charts. How nice is that? I am now happily equipped with all the paper charts I need and electronic backups.
Life is good.
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