I kinda hate this guy. Has turned American ski resort maps into a monoculture. I guess it’s not his fault, but it is a bummer.
Back before him resort maps had a lot more variety.
Back before him resort maps had a lot more variety.
The artistic map is nice to look at if you’ve been to the mountain before but loses so much detail on proportional distance and heights between each route that I end up using google maps or OSM overlays my first time on the mountain.
3D maps offer more detail but are a pain to navigate and are often disorienting for non-technical users.
My thought is a "2.5 degree" hybrid map. One that maintains the important 3D detail but keeps the navigation "on rails" so as to make everything easier.
I'd be curious to know your thoughts on this, keeping in mind that this would be targeted at casual users and probably not HN types (HN types probably have no problem navigating/groking a true 3D map).
If you’re trying to get a sense of terrain, the “FATMAP by Strava” 3d map is the best I’ve seen, with notes on off piste routes and various aspect, incline, topo etc overlays (and this is not a paid promo).