It’s ended up being an interesting project to enter the worksheet list into MapSource. I would do a find within MapSource and many of the places didn’t exist so I would have to go to an internet search. Some didn’t come up in an internet search, so I would have to go back to the books and read up on the area and find things on the internet that are located around them. There were a few that I simply couldn’t locate.
Some the items on the worksheet were general information or duplicates so I ended up with 247 waypoints in the Canadian provinces alone.
The next step was playing connect the dots with the waypoints in a logical itinerary that would flow. I have worked at this for about a month and have 262 waypoints (I have run across more things to add) on 47 routes. I have entered comments for almost all waypoints explaining their importance. A worksheet of the waypoints with comments and coordinates is available at http://motorcycle-journeys.com/current/routes_maps/routes_maps.html.
Grand totals round trip from Texas:
Land miles – 11,163.10
Water miles (ferry rides) – 694.60
Total miles – 11,857.70
Need I mention how glad I am Jean-Francois is going?
The Mapsource file can be downloaded at http://www.motorcycle-journeys.com/current/routes_maps/routes_maps.html.
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