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Contributing Map Authors

Special thanks to a few of the folks who have contributed to the success of making TravelByGPS.com a useful GPS information and data resource.

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Florida Seminole

Bill CollinsSpecial thanks to Bill Collins for supplying local knowledge for the GPS map of the Ichetucknee River. Bill grew up near the Ichetucknee and has many great stores about working on the family's central Florida farm and cooling off in the many nearby swimming holes.

Environmental Educator

Tim JohnsonSpecial thanks to Tim Johnson, environmental educator, avid hiker, and naturalist for providing the GPS data, descriptive text and photos of Grandfather Mountain.

GPS Tracker

Lluís Gesa Boté developer of eGPStrackSpecial thanks to Lluís Gesa Boté, engineer, hiking enthusiasts, and developer of eGPStrack.software, for his contribution of the POI data and tracklog of the Cavalls del Vent. Visit the eGPStrack web site at:

http://egpstrack.hlod-wig.org

Trail Bandit

Bob Garrison  a.k.a. Trail BanditSpecial thanks to to Bob Garrison, the for his great paper maps, which were insturmental in mission planning for the Travel By GPS waypoint expedition to St. John USVI.

 

African Bush Pilot

Elsen Karstad "Elk"Special thanks to "Elk" co-owner of the TroutTreee fish farm and restaurant, located 3 km from the Nanyuki airstrip. Elk supplied his local knowledge of the area to help create this GPS map of Mount Kenya.

Wine Country Tour Guide

Gary Epp Travel By GPS contributing authorSpecial thanks to Gary Epp for contributing GPS coordinates and local knowledge for the GPS guide to Paso Robles Wine Country. Gary is a wine aficionado, GPS enthusiast, and contributing author to TravelByGPS.com. Gary also contributed data for the GPS tour of Lake Arenal Volcano.

Trip Trivia

Mike Heim, Travel GuruSpecial thanks to Michael Heim for providing the trivia for the Mississippi River sightseeing GPS Tour Guide. Mike is a professional tour guide, author of numerous travel publications, and founder of TripTrivia, Inc. Please visit his web site, where you will find more ways to make travel easier, simpler, and generally more enjoyable

www.triptrivia.com

GPS Guru

Andreas van Hooijdonk of GPS for Practice and FunSpecial thanks to Andreas van Hooijdonk for providing the details for the GPS Castle Tour near his home in Belgium. Andreas is the owner/administrator of gps-practice-and-fun.com which provides a wealth of pratical GPS information to enthusiasts around the world.

On Safari

Tony RoocroftSpeical thanks to Tony Roocroft for contrbuting the data, photos, and detailed descriptions for the GPS map of Kruger National Park. Tony is a prolific location information documentarian specializing in the wilds of Africa. You can find more of his work at http://www.vuvuzela.com

GIS Pros

Pete U KennedySpecial thanks to Pete (shown at left with hiking companion and Mt. Pisgah as a backdrop) for providing GPS data of the Cold Mountain Trail.

Caribbean Mapper

Rich SmithSpecial thanks Richard Smith for creating Garmin compatible GPS base maps of the caribbean. His maps helped me locate great points of interest on St John USVI.

Argentina Adventurer

Cristian D. PittaroSpecial thanks to Cristián D. Pittaro for providing the data, photos, and descriptive text for the GPS map of "Off-road in the Andes".

Rising Sun

Jess WilliamsSpecial thanks to Jess Williams for providing the photos and data for the GPS map of Mount Fuji. Jess' party climed all night to see dawn over the Land of the Rising Sun.

"Blue Line" Biker

Rich OwingsSpecial thanks to Rich Owings, author of GPS Mapping; Make Your Own Maps (Ten Mile Press) and proprietor of MakeYourOwnMaps.com. Rich provided the GPS data and photo for the Mountain Biking on Mount Diablo page.

Road Warrior

Gerardo Kloss Fernández del CastilloSpecial thanks to Gerardo Kloss Fernández del Castillo who contributed megabytes of GPS data, photos and descriptive text for sightseeing adventures in Mexico.

 

Ozarks

Jairus and PrestonSpecial thanks to Jairus and Preston. Jairus provided trail data, photos and descriptions for the Ouachita Trail while Preston carried the tent and waited in the rain for Jairus get good satellite signals.

High Country Climbers

DavidSpecial thanks to David (on the right) for providing photos and data for Mount Whitney and Mount Chiquita.

GPS Visionary

Adam SchneiderSpecial thanks to Adam Schneider, author of GPS Visualizer, who provided photo and GPS track data for the Mount St Helens Boundary Trail.

Paddler

Bruce BradshawSpecial thanks to Bruce Bradshaw for providing the GPS data, photo, and descriptions for St Croix and Upper Colorado Rivers.

The Mac Daddy

Dr. Lawrence W. JamesSpecial Thanks to Dr. Lawrence W. James developer of "MacGPS Pro" software. Dr. James provided the photos, descriptions, and waypoints for the GPS map of the Grand Teton National Park.

Pathfinders

Special thanks to the Pathfinders hiking group for contributing Bruce Trail data, photos and trail descriptions.

 

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