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Digitizing trails in QGIS

March 15, 2021 Peter Van Geit

In this short tutorial we will learn how to digitize trails from existing heritage maps using QGIS. We will use…

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Posted in: GIS, Survey of India Filed under: GIS, Survey of India

Geo-referencing Survey of India Maps

Peter Van Geit

Survey of India (SOI) maps provide freely downloadable 1:50K topographic maps through its portal soinakshe.uk.gov.in/ (Note: Map download limited to…

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Posted in: 6 GIS, Survey of India Filed under: GIS, Survey of India

Navigation for dummies

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Open Street Maps based exploration of the Himalayas

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Posted in: Navigation, Open Street Maps Filed under: Navigation, Open Street Maps

Gear Review Winter 20/21

March 9, 2021 Peter Van Geit

Review series of my lightweight fasthiking gears used during 20/21 Winter Exploration of Uttarakhand across 2000km and 110 passes Full-Playlist-Here

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Posted in: Articles, Gears, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Gears, uk21

The Himalayan Club – Uttarakhand Winter 20/21

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Talk at annual conference of The Himalayan Club on my mapping efforts of the Western Himalayas and my Trans Uttarakhand…

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Posted in: Articles, The Himalayan Club, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Public, Talks, THC, uk21, Uttarakhand

Trans Uttarakhand Winter 20/21

March 1, 2021 Peter Van Geit

Over 90 days during winter from mid Nov 2020 to mid Feb 2021 I hiked 2000km trans Uttarakhand covering 110…

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Posted in: Articles, Ultra Journeys, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Journeys

Trans Hima 2020 – 83 Chapra to Motidhar

February 20, 2021 Peter Van Geit

When you sleep inside a closed room you are completely disconnected from the outside. It s warm and cosy but…

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Posted in: Tehri Garhwal, Traverses, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Dehradun, Tehri Garhwal

Trans Hima 2020 – 82 Bamangaon to Chapra

February 19, 2021 Peter Van Geit

Today’s plan was to start return towards Dehradun over the next 3 days to complete my 3 months winter exploration…

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Posted in: Tehri Garhwal, Traverses, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Tehri Garhwal

Trans Hima 2020 – 81 Banoli to Bamangaon

February 18, 2021 Peter Van Geit

Today’s plan was a double pass cross over from the Gongad Gad to Jalkur to side valley of Bhagirathi river.…

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Posted in: Tehri Garhwal, Traverses, Uttarakhand 2020, Uttarkashi Filed under: Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi

Trans Hima 2020 – 80 Pokhar to Banoli

February 17, 2021 Peter Van Geit

Today’s plan was to cross over from the Bhilangna valley to the Bal Ganga valley across a 2170m high pass,…

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Posted in: Tehri Garhwal, Traverses, Uttarakhand 2020 Filed under: Tehri Garhwal

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