Tasmap and Parks and Wildlife - The new secret service

[durks]

.... There are many issues such as the cost and format of the electronic maps, conflicting grid reference standards between maps, paper quality, and missing detail to zero in on the big ones ...

It's not the substance of this thread, but I wanted to add a 'me too' on the subject of paper quality. I use British OS maps all the time, and they last for years. On recent trips to Tassie, I've found that the current Tasmaps only seem to last for one walk: they start tearing along crease lines from day 1, and are in bits by the end of the trip. I wondered if it was 'just me' - but, in view of Ent's comment above, apparently not.

I'm sure this hasn't always been the case. Has the paper stock been changed at some point?

[photohiker]

I do tend to agree with Brett here - we're paying for the information so we should get what we pay for, and it's a public safety matter. The more we know about where we're going, the better prepared we are and the less likely to need assistance.

For the skilled and experienced I'm sure you are right. My suspicion is that the details are being removed so that the unskilled and inexperienced aren't enticed to explore and eventually require assistance. It's nanny state stuff.

I don't agree with it either.