TECUMSEH TRAIL PROJECT .

TECUMSEH TRAIL PROJECTTECUMSEH TRAIL PROJECThttp://www.hoosierhikerscouncil.org/Trail_Work/tecumseh.shtmlhttp://www.hoosierhikerscouncil.org/Trail_Work/tecumseh.shtml

THE TRAIL IS LOCATED IN THE TRAIL IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANASOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

LEE NADING FIRST PROPOSED LEE NADING FIRST PROPOSED THIS TRAIL IN THE 1970’STHIS TRAIL IN THE 1970’S

THE NAME IS TO HONOR INDIANA’S THE NAME IS TO HONOR INDIANA’S NATIVE/NATIVE SON NATIVE/NATIVE SON

TEN O’CLOCK TREATY LINETEN O’CLOCK TREATY LINE SCULPTURESCULPTURE

DEPICTS TECUMSEH AND GOV. HARRISONDEPICTS TECUMSEH AND GOV. HARRISON

ENRIGHT’S 1976 BACKPACKING FIELDNOTES ENRIGHT’S 1976 BACKPACKING FIELDNOTES THE 50 MILE TECUMSEH TRAILTHE 50 MILE TECUMSEH TRAIL

ENRIGHT’S 1993 TECUMSEH TRAIL PROPOSAL ENRIGHT’S 1993 TECUMSEH TRAIL PROPOSAL TO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESTO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

TECUMSEH TRAIL MARATHON IS AN ANNUALTECUMSEH TRAIL MARATHON IS AN ANNUALHOOSIER HIKING COUNCIL / DINO EVENTHOOSIER HIKING COUNCIL / DINO EVENT

http://www.dinoseries.com/marathon.htmlhttp://www.dinoseries.com/marathon.html

THE 2007 MARATHON COURSE MAPTHE 2007 MARATHON COURSE MAPUTILIZING FOREST MAPUTILIZING FOREST MAP

MARATHON ATTRACTS RUNNERS MARATHON ATTRACTS RUNNERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATESFROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

500 RUNNERS ARE BUSSED FROM 500 RUNNERS ARE BUSSED FROM YELLOWWOOD LAKE TO YELLOWWOOD LAKE TO

MORGAN/MONROE STATE FORESTMORGAN/MONROE STATE FOREST

YELLOWWOOD LAKE SHELTERYELLOWWOOD LAKE SHELTERRACE OFFICIALS COMMAND POSTRACE OFFICIALS COMMAND POST

VOLUNTEERS START EARLYVOLUNTEERS START EARLYAND WORK LATEAND WORK LATE

NO TECUMSEH TRAIL EXISTS INNO TECUMSEH TRAIL EXISTS INTHE IDNR TRAIL SHAPEFILE LAYERTHE IDNR TRAIL SHAPEFILE LAYER

GEOREFERENCING THE IDNR FOREST MAPGEOREFERENCING THE IDNR FOREST MAPAND DIGITIZING THE GENERALIZEDAND DIGITIZING THE GENERALIZED

TRAIL FEATURETRAIL FEATURE

PRODUCING THE DIGITIZED TRAIL ONTO PRODUCING THE DIGITIZED TRAIL ONTO THE RASTER TOPOGRAPHIC MAPTHE RASTER TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

FLOWCHART SHOWING STEPS OF FLOWCHART SHOWING STEPS OF TRANSFERRING GARMIN GPS TRACKSTRANSFERRING GARMIN GPS TRACKSINTO SHAPEFILES and/or GOOGLE KMZINTO SHAPEFILES and/or GOOGLE KMZ

GPS TRACK SHOWS THE VAST ERRORSGPS TRACK SHOWS THE VAST ERRORSIN THE FOREST MAP TRAIL LOCATION IN THE FOREST MAP TRAIL LOCATION

GPS ELEVATION PROFILE OF THE COURSE

DISPLAYS EXTREME CHALLENGES OF THIS MARATHON EVENT

““NO MAN’S LAND” PLANNING STARTS WITHNO MAN’S LAND” PLANNING STARTS WITHJACKSON COUNTY PLAT BOOK OVERLAYSJACKSON COUNTY PLAT BOOK OVERLAYS

JACKSON COUNTY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWSJACKSON COUNTY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWSFORESTED ESCARPMENT FEATUREFORESTED ESCARPMENT FEATURE

OF THE DESIRED FUTURE PATHOF THE DESIRED FUTURE PATH

SELECTING POINT FEATURES AND COUNTY SELECTING POINT FEATURES AND COUNTY ROADS ASSISTS IN NAVIGATING THE ROADS ASSISTS IN NAVIGATING THE

BACKROADSBACKROADS

FINAL MAP PRODUCES PARCEL OWNERS IN A FINAL MAP PRODUCES PARCEL OWNERS IN A TRANSPARENCY OVER TOPOGRAPHIC MAPSTRANSPARENCY OVER TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

CONNECTING THE TECUMSEH AND CONNECTING THE TECUMSEH AND KNOBSTONE TRAILSKNOBSTONE TRAILS