{"id":1786172,"date":"2018-08-22T13:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786172"},"modified":"2018-08-22T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T17:23:34","slug":"gatineau-park-recommends-paper-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-recommends-paper-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatineau Park Recommends Paper Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gatineau Park (National Capital Commission)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Relying on your smartphone’s maps can be risky in places where cellular service is patchy. That goes for Gatineau Park<\/a>, where, despite the fact that its southeast corner is surrounded by the city of Gatineau, Quebec (across the river from Ottawa), staff still recommend people use paper maps, CBC News reports<\/a>. It’s a big park, after all, and not all of it is in the city. But it’s not just about dead zones and dead batteries: out of date trail information and lack of trail difficulty are also problems. None of these problems, mind you, are unfixable (except, you know, dead batteries).<\/p>\n

The paper maps in question include general summer<\/a> and winter<\/a> maps, along with trail maps for summer<\/a> and winter<\/a> activities (all links to PDF files). They’re not total luddites: here’s an interactive map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relying on your smartphone’s maps can be risky in places where cellular service is patchy. 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