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I haven't had a chance to play with these yet, but they look very cool. Use your web browser to create a variety maps with tracks and waypoints from your GPS. There are also some tools to convert various types of files to different formats. The best part is that it uses your web browser so you...

Well the chiggers are still going strong around my woods, which I learned the hard way. Was out wandering through the underbrush yesterday and have 10 or 12 new bites on my arms. My permethrin treated clothes seemed to be effective but I had a short sleeved shirt since it was quite hot and humid...

OK, since we're having so much fun discussing ghosts and bigfoot, this story got me wondering if there have ever been any confirmed meteor impacts in the Pines... http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/scores-sick-after-meteor-strike/2007/09/19/1189881593469.html

Here are some photos from my trip up North... not the Pines but still New Jersey! It was hard for me to believe that the Delaware looks so wild in this area. Photo was taken somewhere around here: https://boydsmaps.com/tz/#lat=41.1329&lon=-74.93078&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG Note...

Garmin has released a new version of the US Topo Maps: http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/topous.jsp You can explore them here: http://www.garmin.com/cgi-bin/mapgen/webmap.cgi?p=13107201&l=0&u=0&v=0&z=0&x=175&y=175&w=480&h=360&d=0&rz=0&k=1&sc=1 I'm still using my old version and...

My 3 year old Streetpilot was beginning to show its age so on an impulse I replaced it today with a Garmin Nuvi 650. Wow... very impressed with this new model :) https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8671&tab=nuvi650 It uses a new chipset and the reception is unbelievable, so I guess I have...

http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html And you can also visit Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/

Of course I would have liked today to be beautiful like Saturday, but instead we've had a slow, steady rain all day. This is what we've needed here for a long time. We've had very little rain down here all summer, and what we've gotten has come during brief, intense storms that have only lasted...

I was wondering what happened to Craig Carton when I noticed he was no longer on NJ101.5 the other day... http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/08/jersey_guy_will_replace_imus_i.html http://www.observer.com/2007/chuting-downmarket-imus-replacement-jersey-buffoon

Took the day off today and decided to pay a brief visit to a part of the recently burned area. I went about 2 miles down Quaker Bridge Road when I picked up the yellow trail and walked along the river to the area near the campsite. Unlike the big Ocean County fire, this wasn't a scene of vast...

On the traffic report they mentioned problems somewhere in Ocean County due to a brush fire (can't remember where, maybe Lacey?) Anybody know something about that? Couldn't find a story online.

Just stumbled across this on the EPA website while researching the former tenant of a building we're moving into. Pretty cool mapping application that displays all known EPA sites on your choice of street, topo or ariel photo maps: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/emef/ You can get coordinates...

I have gotten very fond of watching the NEXRAD radar from Ft Dix whenever a storm is coming, and often keep it open in a browser window as I work (I have a 2 monitor setup on my Mac). However I've noticed they've been having a lot of problems over the past few weeks and the radar is frequently...

Today I hiked around the Stafford Forge WMA for awhile. Beautiful day to be out. The effect of the fire was very evident there, it burned right up to the water. I've been to this area a number of times, and much of it has obviously burned before. There are large areas of little trees - not pygmy...

Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but you need to see this in person to really appreciate the the scale of the fire damage here. It looks like a black and white landscape: But there are some interesting contrasts to the unburned areas as well: Must be an impressive view...

As a sort of right of passage, I've taken all the new cameras I've gotten during the past 8 years to Spring Hill. So since it was so nice today, I decided to christen the D80 :) It was very warm and a bit muggy, but a nice breeze up on the hill made it quite enjoyable. Here you can see Bear...

With the talk about sand dunes in another thread, I felt the need to return to Island Beach. It's one of my favorite places for landscape photography; it has such a unique feeling... almost like being out in the desert. And in the middle of the week this time of year, you can have the whole...

http://www.delorme.com//PN20Flash/default.htm http://www.delorme.com/about/pressreleases/pn20.htm http://www.delorme.com/PN20/images/DeLorme_Earthmate_GPS_PN-20_FAQs.pdf Finally - a GPS that displays real USGS topo maps and satellite photos. Looks very cool although I wish the screen was...

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm

Another cold night ahead... and I wonder how much SNOW I'll get down here? :)