Map Sherpa is a cool new website that allows outdoor enthusiasts and paddlers to design their own custom topographic and terrain maps. Save and print your map for less than $4.

Have you ever wished that you could quickly and easily access and print topographic maps any time, anywhere with an Internet connection?

MapSherpa is a super neat new tool that lets you do just that. Simply go to www.MapSherpa.com, click on "New Map" and search any location in Canada (North America with version 2.0 due to launch this summer) to instantly see topographic detail of the area.

You can poke around the maps as much as you want—adding landmarks and captions, changing scale and measuring point-to-point distances—for free online. You'll only pay when you decide the map is just how you want it, and save it to a pdf on your computer.

A print-quality, 300 dpi 11"x8.5" pdf costs just $2.99 (print at home on your own printer). You can also order high quality 24"x36" print or plastic-coated maps for $38.95 or $44.95, respectively.

Another cool aspect of the website is the ability to post your custom maps for others to view, download, update or enhance. MapSherpa calls this social map sharing Map-Journal and the webiste already contains several dozen user-created maps of hiking, paddling and cycling routes across Canada.

Learn more at www.mapsherpa.com/about