A few months back the Canadian Avalanche Association sent around a set of KML files showing avalanche terrain analysis of some popular backcountry ski and snowmobile areas in British Columbia. These files rate the terrain according to the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) in terms of simple, challenging or complex – terms intended to indicate …
As we posted last week, TrueNorth is in very active field trials, having been used on three recent Search and Rescue tasks. We’re also happy to announce that we’re expanding the field trial to include producing expedition maps for a team of backcountry adventurers who are attempting to do a ski and packraft traverse of the Coast …
At some point on this site I’m bound to start talking about Raster versus Vector formats, so I thought I would preface all of that by writing and article explaining what they are all about. I’ve been surprised at how many people aren’t aware of the difference, and it’s important.