[trailcrew] Ventana GPS'ed

[dave nelson]

All-
A few years ago I found a lost person in the Ventana and was surprised 
to see the MoCo sheriff office have little clue how to find anything in 
the wilderness. The rescue helicopter had GPS capability but no 
coordinates for the lost camper location - south fork camp.

The deputy at the incident sounded amenable to passing on such 
information to the 'right place'. I talked to a few VWA folks about the 
idea of collecting reliable lats and longs of Ventana and Silver pk 
camps but I didn't follow through. Perhaps this forum is a place to 
take the idea further.

Topo software gives fairly close coordinates sometimes but everybody 
has a GPS these days. I think if you get 4 or more satellites, you've 
got pretty good accuracy. Someone with more knowledge about this can 
comment? The dispatcher looking at a computer screen when you call 911 
needs these data connected to a place name.

Dave Nelson
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