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Added Pillar Point Bluff Trail

Posted by Barry Parr on 19 July 2009 in English.

Took my GPS out to Pillar Point Bluff and tracked then new trails created by Peninsula Open Space Trust, added parking, bathroom. This site is one of the gems of the Coastside.

It's essential to use GPS here because POST is restoring many of the original trails along the eroding cliffs and have added some really nice new trails.

I still need to add the trail along the eastern foot of the bluff, and the trails between the POST property and the parking near the tracking station.

Location: Seal Cove, San Mateo County, California, 94038, United States

Down to Riviera

Posted by Barry Parr on 7 July 2009 in English. Last updated on 19 July 2009.

Walked down to Riviera to the back of Montara, where the imported TIger traces begin to deviate significantly from the Yahoo images, and from reality.

I'm still working on using the gps, so this is more of a dry run for me than an official trip. I got some experience setting marks and observing the roads. Noted the end of the county roads. Found a house with three (!) driveways. Learned a few subtleties of Maemo Mapper.

Location: San Mateo County, California, United States

Realigned streets in Montara

Posted by Barry Parr on 30 June 2009 in English.

I realigned the streets west of Date in Montara to match the Yahoo aerial photos. I walk these street all the time and am intimately familiar with them. The first few blocks west of Main were OK, but then, everything went kind of wonky on the TIGER data.

Still to do:

The streets west of Main are not correct, as they are shown crossing Hwy 1.

The streets east of Date, the back end of Montara, are a mess. There's no grid back there and the traces seem to be going every which way. Also there are some non-existent streets show, where there may be county paper streets (e.g. Montara Blvd). This will require more work, and almost certainly GPS traces to get them right, as well a the use of a Walking Papers map for note-taking.

Location: Montara, San Mateo County, California, 94037, United States