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12-09-08, 12:17 PM
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Colorado 4x4 Trails Data
I FINALLY finished a year long project to add all Colorado 4x4 trails (that I can find) to a Google Earth file.
This file includes 301 4x4 trails from around the state. The GE File contains trail name, trailhead location, trail track, difficulty rating, and in some cases a link to the trail information on Dirtopia.com (The Off Road Encyclopedia). Some of the track information came directly from a GPS track, but many of the tracks were determined using satellite imagery and topographical maps.
About 1/3 of the trails have been added (some with descriptions & photos) to the dirtopia.com wiki, but that's another project that will take some time to complete. ANYONE is allowed to edit the information on Dirtopia, so please feel free to add descriptions & images of trails that you've run.
This data will be updated as we run more trails. If anyone has any immediate updates, please let me know & I'll make the appropriate changes.
Please note that the rating system used in this data comes from the Colorado Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc. ( CoA4WDCi - 4wd Road Rating System). They are slightly different than the traildamage.com ratings. Use the descriptions from Dirtpoia or CoA4WDI to determine if you should do the trail.
I've also prepared a Garmin .gpi file with the trailheads for all the trails. This file can be used with most Garmin GPS units (Including the Kenwood in-dash units) to add custom POI's containing all the Colorado 4x4 trails.
I'm currently compiling a custom Garmin .img map file so the trail tracks can be added to some Garmin units. Hopefully I'll be able to post that in a day or two.
Finally, I've created a GPX GPS file. This file can be used to add the tracks/waypoints to virtually any GPS device.
In 2009 we'll begin creating custom PDF versions of every trail in the state, so stay tuned for that!
Link to the Dirtopia Entry:
Colorado 4x4 Trails Data - Dirtopia, the Off-Road Encyclopedia
Link to the KMZ:
http://dirtopia.com/w/images/3/38/Co...rails-Link.kmz
Link to the .gpi:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmag...trails_POI.gpi
Link to the GPX (Right click - Save As):
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmag...4x4_trails.gpx
Link to the Garmin IMG:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmag...4x4_Trails.img
If you have other devices, you can use GPS Babel ( GPSBabel: convert, upload, download data from GPS and Map programs) to translate from GPX to other formats.
Last edited by shane4x4; 12-10-08 at 08:49 PM.
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12-09-08, 12:49 PM
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Awesome. Thanks for the work!
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12-09-08, 02:50 PM
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Thanks alot Shane! great work!
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12-09-08, 05:44 PM
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Shane, you're an animal!! 
Justin
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12-09-08, 10:30 PM
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Wow - very cool. I need a GPS 
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12-10-08, 08:46 AM
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Wow! Very cool.
The KML crashes my Google Earth fairly often. Is there a way to get a static version (rather than a network update)?
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12-10-08, 09:15 AM
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Nice work. Thanks for the time you put into it. I ran it in Google Earth last night and it worked great.
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12-10-08, 08:49 PM
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Added the Garmin .img file to the OP.
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12-11-08, 08:42 AM
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Thanks!
Sweet map. Thanks for all of the hard work!
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12-19-08, 01:51 PM
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No problem 
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