Map structure and method for producing
First Claim
1. A map structure designed for use by a hunter who is authorized to hunt in a predetermined hunting region that is an outdoor region with a geographic boundary, the map structure comprising a substrate having a map of the outdoor region, including the boundary of the outdoor region, at a predetermined scale that is related to the configuration of the substrate, and the substrate comprising a material that is substantially resistant to physical deterioration under the normal weather conditions of the predetermined hunting region during hunting season and substantially resistant to deterioration under normal use by a hunter in the predetermined hunting region.
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Abstract
A new and useful map structure, particularly for an activity within a special region having a geographic boundary, and a technique for creating a map structure are provided. The map and technique are particularly useful in providing a map for use by a hunter in a designated hunting region. The map structure comprises a substrate and map data produced on the substrate. The substrate is designed to withstand the conditions of the special region (e.g. an authorized hunting region), and of the type of handling it is likely to encounter in during the actively in the special region. The map data is also provided in a form that is likely to withstand the conditions of the special region, and is of a type that is particularly useful to the activity in the special region. Moreover, in producing the map structure, an electronic data file is created from which the map data can be produced on the substrate. The electronic data file is configured to produce map data that includes at a predetermined scale a boundary of a special geographic boundary of the special region in which a special outdoor activity, e.g. hunting, is authorized, and that map data includes information (e.g. water tank locations, GPS grid and coordinate information) that are particularly useful for the special outdoor activity.
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30 Claims
- 1. A map structure designed for use by a hunter who is authorized to hunt in a predetermined hunting region that is an outdoor region with a geographic boundary, the map structure comprising a substrate having a map of the outdoor region, including the boundary of the outdoor region, at a predetermined scale that is related to the configuration of the substrate, and the substrate comprising a material that is substantially resistant to physical deterioration under the normal weather conditions of the predetermined hunting region during hunting season and substantially resistant to deterioration under normal use by a hunter in the predetermined hunting region.
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13. A method of forming a map structure for an outdoor region in which a special outdoor activity takes place, comprising the steps of
a. providing a substrate, b. providing a data file with i. data for use in producing a boundary of the outdoor region at a predetermined scale, ii. data for producing a predetermined presentation of the outdoor region on the substrate, especially the outdoor region within the boundary, based on the predetermined scale, iii. data for producing predetermined features of the outdoor region within the boundary, and c. printing map data on the substrate, including printing the boundary of the outdoor region and the predetermined presentation of the outdoor region within the boundary, at the predetermined scale; wherein the configuration of the substrate has been predetermined by the predetermined scale of the boundary of the outdoor region and the predetermined presentation of the outdoor region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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