Baja Map Source(s)?

[+Tom SKP]

I'm planning on taking the RV to Baja this winter for a couple of weeks of touring and caching.

 

I travel with laptop & tethered GPS, plus my Magellan Sportrak Topo.

Normally I use DeLorme USA or DeLorme Topo to find my way but they have no coverage for Baja. MS Streets & Trips only major roads. Magellan no help for Baja mapping either.

 

Soooo, what other source of mapping is available for my laptop for Baja that will have lots of detail roads and/or topo? Obviously, I would like the most for the lea$t. Ideal if it would work with my gps(s) but even a good computerized map would be good.

TIA

[+Sputnik 57]

This is a bit of a challenge. One source is LandSat7 satellite images. You can get these by downloading NASA's World Wind software. World Wind gives you USGS photo and topo maps too, but not for Baja. The LandSat7 photo maps, visible and enhanced, are pretty amazing, and in Baja, show roads unobstructed by vegetation (duh!). Some of the "major towns" (like Guillermo Prieta ) are shown. You need to have a pretty stout Internet connection to download the software (253MB) and the images.

 

Next option would be my alma matter, the University of Texas's Perry-Castañeda Library map collection. Searching for "Baja California" took me to, among others, the Bajaquest RV page and the more interesting MapsofMexico.com page, giving pretty fair topo maps for each estado. (This link is to Baja California del Norte).

 

Another option (which I didn't try) is Berkeley's EART pages.

 

Edit: to spell "Castañeda" properly

Edited December 23, 2004 by Sputnik 57

[+Tom SKP]

Thanks for the links. I check them out. Hadn't known about UT (also a grad).

 

Does anyone know anything about Fugawi?

[+Sputnik 57]

Arn't they the long lost indian tribe who, when stumbling upon some settlers, announce "we're the Fugawi"? Actually, I guess that joke has to be spoken and not written to work.

 

I think Autie Weasel is a Fugawi user. Maybe she'll drop by.

 

Edit: Here are several treads

Edited December 23, 2004 by Sputnik 57

[vagabond]

How about a list of waypoints for Baja

 

http://community-2.webtv.net/thebaja/bajagpslist/

[+Tom SKP]

How about a list of waypoints for Baja

 

http://community-2.webtv.net/thebaja/bajagpslist/

 

Yea, been there and looked at that! Thanks!!!

Still looking for a downloadable map of Baja that i can use with my gpsr.

Ideas?

[vagabond]

MSN streets and trips will give you the main highway and most of the towns, but nothing in the towns. Im not really sure if there are any maps with all the towns streets. There are some baja books with the larger towns and streete in them, but I havent seen anything online yet.