The layout of Hiking Trails of Ottawa is in its final stages, and we are starting to get the first glimpses of how the finished text will appear.An example is shown above, pg. 24-25, the map and the first page of the Mer Bleue trail, found in the "Ottawa-City and Greenbelt" section. If you click on the image, you will get a better view of a typical section of the book. In this image you will see a map of the route described, the capsule information found at the beginning of each route description, access information and the start of the introduction that describes the particular characteristics of each route.
In addition, there is also an example of a sidebar note, a small capsule description of a particular important natural, cultural, or historical feature. There are 50 of these sidebar notes distributed throughout Hiking Trails of Ottawa.
Everything is on track for printed copies of the book to be available for the launch on June 9. I hope to see you there!
3 comments:
Great looking book!!
I see that you are putting a GPS trailhead.. I was wondering if you have been walking the trails with a GPS aswell? I know the map is nice.. but to have the track that you walked would be ever better!!
Andrew: I walked the routes with a GPS, but the tracks will not be found in the book. First, there are space considerations; it would require an entire book just to record the routes, and that would be an exceptionally boring read. In addition, I decided that there is really only one "most" important point, and that is where you start - and maybe more importantly - finish your hike.
Having the start and finish are great things for those GPS beginners. I was wondering if I might be able to get my hands on the tracks? Could be a great resource for the more advanced GPS users.
Thanks!
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