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Software for drawing trails
10/23/17 at 7:02pm
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I was wondering if you use a special software when you draw a trail or you just go to the area and decide on the spot.
  
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Reply #1 - 10/23/17 at 9:29pm
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Do you mean to flag out a route before building?
  
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Reply #2 - 10/23/17 at 9:34pm
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I do two things.  1.  Take an initial look at a good quality topo map to see the overall lay of the property.  The Mecklenburg Polaris3G site is really nice and gives both 10ft and 2ft countour lines.

2. I walk the property lines to get a feel for where I can and can't go.  Then I start walking the property in a grid.  I do a lot of scouting the property and both marking and making a mental note of positive and negative control points. (Rock outcrops, large and/or unique trees, swampy areas, water, cool over looks. All can be both positive and negative control points.)  Then I look for signs of water flow.  Where the water is coming from and going to.  Laying out and building trail is really about managing water flow.
  
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Reply #3 - 10/24/17 at 1:00pm
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Doc00t wrote on 10/23/17 at 9:29pm:
Do you mean to flag out a route before building?


Yes and if you use a software to draw it
  
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Reply #4 - 10/24/17 at 1:04pm
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The Cycle Path wrote on 10/23/17 at 9:34pm:
I do two things.  1.  Take an initial look at a good quality topo map to see the overall lay of the property.  The Mecklenburg Polaris3G site is really nice and gives both 10ft and 2ft countour lines.

2. I walk the property lines to get a feel for where I can and can't go.  Then I start walking the property in a grid.  I do a lot of scouting the property and both marking and making a mental note of positive and negative control points. (Rock outcrops, large and/or unique trees, swampy areas, water, cool over looks. All can be both positive and negative control points.)  Then I look for signs of water flow.  Where the water is coming from and going to.  Laying out and building trail is really about managing water flow.


Thanks! great tips. I was looking to build a trail in Italy next year with some friends there and I wanted to know from the pro here how they do. 
  
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Reply #5 - 10/24/17 at 4:27pm
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He said pro! Cheesy
  
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Reply #6 - 10/25/17 at 7:40pm
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I think one of us used MS Paint once  Huh Roll Eyes
  
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Reply #7 - 10/25/17 at 8:04pm
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You can overlay Topo Maps onto google earth.  Google Earth then also allows you to create paths.  Once created, Google earth also has a measurement tool that you could roughly trace your path out to see what kind of mileage/distance your path has.
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catsruletn wrote on 10/25/17 at 7:40pm:
I think one of us used MS Paint once  Huh Roll Eyes


I got like 8 dummies to work all day in the snow to bring my MS Paint dreams to reality  Cheesy
  
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Reply #9 - 10/25/17 at 8:42pm
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Scott and Mark like to use these...
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Reply #10 - 10/25/17 at 9:40pm
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That and a bottle of alcohol. 

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Reply #11 - 10/26/17 at 11:36am
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Doc00t wrote on 10/25/17 at 8:42pm:
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Problem is when you get it all mapped out and start to head back to post on here, all those roots at fisher erase your hard work!
  
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Re: Software for drawing trails
Reply #12 - 10/26/17 at 2:46pm
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sCvHeaVens wrote on 10/26/17 at 11:36am:



Problem is when you get it all mapped out and start to head back to post on here, all those roots at fisher erase your hard work!

  
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