Below is a snapshot of the Duncan Press (Green Map) home page from July 2009 (red lines added). Note that the theme is to discredit their competition - Bizer’s claims. IMO this is childish and not very professional particularly since
Duncan’s web site has published missing, incomplete or inaccurate information for well over a year! They hear the “racket” about Bizer’s claims but seem to be DEAF to their own problems.
Pretty much the same missing and inaccurate info from Duncan today as documented in This Thread from July 2009 posted almost a YEAR ago. It’s still the same inaccurate information today - I won't re-post ALL the problems.
What’s the deal? Duncan Press shows only
two areas of the Lake with a 45/25 mph speed limit but as of today and since Jan 2009 that speed limit is in effect for the
entire Lake until the end of the year. Does Duncan Press purposely misinform the public? Are they just negligent? Or do they not care what is on their web pages?
How odd that they care about what is on Bizer’s web site and not on their own site.
What has Duncan Press changed on their web site during the past year? The background color changed a few times. Silver, then brown then back to green (is that very important?). They added more hype about their West Coast cartographer consultants who have won awards for pretty maps (
but who may never have been to the Lake or seen each marker and hazard as Bizer does and continues to do). They added a recent picture of Sally, the Duncan Press owner. And on another page, "Our Owner",
a picture of Sally, topless from 1950 sitting in front of their Lake cabin (is that legal?) - It is a nice and cute pic though (but is it PC today?). They have changed their home page each month to include the month and sometimes different “hype”.
Duncan Press has NOT corrected their additions, deletions, observations, changes and corrections web page for their most recent (2005) Lake Winnipesaukee map for over TWO years although the bottom line says
last modified 2 June 2010. Last entry was 3-20-2008 (added Wolfeboro Handicapped dock). Duncan Press still lists inaccurate speed limit information and omits some of the No Rafting Zones. They still erroneously claim that the US Coast Guard (not the NH Marine Patrol) conducts free safe boating courses at Marine Patrol HQ in Gilford. Text on another page now refers you to Duncan’s
FAX [sic] page for information – the link is spelled FAQs though. They still compare their most recent (2005) Duncan Press map with the OLDER Bizer 5th edition map while Bizer’s current edition is the 8th. They call Bizer’s depth measurements amateurish because Bizer actually covers the lake with GPS, depth sounders and computer recording software to develop their depth info rather than rely on decades old survey information and etc..
Has Duncan proved which map maker maintains the most accurate information of Lake Winnipesaukee? Is it easy for you to decide?
In the interest of SAFE BOATING, informing visitors and the general public, Duncan Press, PLEASE update your web information at the very minimum about the speed limits, No Rafting Zones and launch ramp status at Ames Farm.
Duncan Press Inc web site
Bizer's web site