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Regional MVUM Maps Everywhere

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In a previous post, I was puzzled about why I could not find more regional maps showing where the various MVUM maps were located. If “R5” was (for some reaso...

From GeoPDFs to Usable Data

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In a preceding post GeoJSON from GeoPDF we did some fast work to prove that we could get the data we need, but now we need to dig a little deeper to put it i...

Create Directories for States and Forests

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To stay organized as I collect maps and extract data from them, I wanted to create a set of directories organizing every national forest within the state it ...

GeoPDF to GeoJSON Basics

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The United States Forest Service (USFS) provides Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) in GeoPDF (more) format. I would like to put the map rectangles on a MapKit m...

Web Example of Wild Camp Starting Context

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I came across a surprisingly good example of what I am trying to achieve in the R5 (Pacific Southwest Region) MVUM & OSVUM Finder (and full-page equivale...