Tonight’s update wasn’t too exciting, but it was in important one. I had contacted the National Park Service earlier just to make sure I didn’t run afoul of any regulations, and that I was in the clear with all the maps I was posting. I just wanted to make sure that these were all indeed public domain and free to distribute. My big question was regarding maps that included the NPS arrowhead, which is trademarked.

I received a reply today and was told that anything with an NPS arrowhead cannot actually be rehosted. So I took down a few of the PDF files that contained the arrowhead (mostly from Yosemite and Grand Canyon) and just stuck with the arrowhead-free JPG images. So if you’re wondering why some maps don’t have PDF links, it’s probably because the PDF file contained an arrowhead. Honestly, the PDFs probably aren’t super important in the end, but I’d like to provide visitors with the option to download them if possible.

So, no new maps or pages up today! We’ll try again tomorrow.