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Ken Cooke
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Baja Almanac PDF?
Has the Baja Almanac been converted to .pdf and made available to Google?
I have seen that the original Baja Almanacs range in price from $250 to $550 and above! Who is getting rich as these books originally commanded a
price tag of approximately $30.
Original question: Is there a copy on-line of the Baja Almanac?
Thanks,
Ken
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David K
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Many of us knew this day was coming and knew to buy more than one copy back in 2009 (wink wink). The same was true for the better, smaller but bigger
scale, 2003 Almanac.
Until just a few months ago, Baja Bound had brand new Almanacs for sale... you snooze you lose?
While BajaGeoff and I have chatted about reissuing an updated Almanac style map, there has been nothing more than that. I went to work on my 2018 maps
which show all the roads you plan on using, so copy those for your trip books if you want.
I do have all of the 2003 Almanac pages scanned on a CD (somewhere) that someone mailed me... they just need editing to be straight and cropped. You
know I will help with what you decide... you are the Desert Outlaw, after all!
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rts551
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Isn't there a copyright for these map pages?
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David K
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Yes, to copy them for resale would be bad.
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rts551
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Well not exactly...but close....This is guidance for students..but applies to everyone.
Copyright Infringement
Copyright infringement is using someone else's work without getting that person's permission. The author of any original work, including books,
essays, Web pages, songs, pictures, and videos, automatically gets the copyright to that work, even if she doesn't label it with the copyright symbol
and her name. The work must be fixed in tangible form, which means it must be stored on something physical, such as paper, canvas, a CD, or a hard
disk. This makes college students copyright owners, since they've already written many original works for school.
The owner of a copyright gets to decide who can legally make copies of that work. It is illegal to copy large sections of someone else's copyrighted
work without permission, even if you give the original author credit. Imagine someone making copies of the movie Finding Nemo without asking for
permission. He sure won't get away with it just by giving the authors credit on the DVD cover!
Fortunately, a fair use exemption allows you to legally copy small amounts of someone else's work. Just make sure to give the author credit so you
won't be guilty of plagiarism!
The courts assign consequences for copyright infringement. This means someone may come after you with a lawyer if you violate his copyright. Your
school can report copyright infringement to people who have the legal power to take you to court. Students have been sued for copyright infringement
before.2 In some cases, the court may require you to pay the fees for both your lawyer and the copyright owner's lawyer.
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Marc
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | Many of us knew this day was coming and knew to buy more than one copy back in 2009 (wink wink). The same was true for the better, smaller but bigger
scale, 2003 Almanac.
Until just a few months ago, Baja Bound had brand new Almanacs for sale... you snooze you lose?
While BajaGeoff and I have chatted about reissuing an updated Almanac style map, there has been nothing more than that. I went to work on my 2018 maps
which show all the roads you plan on using, so copy those for your trip books if you want.
I do have all of the 2003 Almanac pages scanned on a CD (somewhere) that someone mailed me... they just need editing to be straight and cropped. You
know I will help with what you decide... you are the Desert Outlaw, after all! |
I have scanned a few of your hand drown maps in the past and have found them quite useful.
I have the '03 and newer almanac. The '03 I think is the better one???
[Edited on 7-19-2018 by Marc]
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David K
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Thank you Marc.
While my 2018 maps have copyright protection, I welcome all my Nomad friends to use them in any way possible to help you have a great Baja trip!
Maps that don't get used aren't any good to anyone.
Old maps that are no longer in print or for sale or whose creator and publisher has died would be honored by their continued appreciation, in my
opinion. I hope my books and maps get as much use as possible well after I have gone.
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Desertbull
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E32 Cartografia is the best digital map out there for Baja right now ... It costs $105 and its compatible with your GPS ... downloads to your laptop
and then you can make routes and transfer them easily to your Garmin handheld GPS or any Garmin GPS ..
http://cartografiagps.com/en/
It is a Mexican company that has developed this mapping and the US Distributor is Lizard Lady ... an American dirt bike riding lady.
Her company is BajaGPSGuide and we send a lot of people her way. No affliation just know her products are great and Baja worthy.
http://www.bajagpsguide.com/index.php?page=shop.product_deta...
DREAM IT! PLAN IT! LIVE IT!
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rts551
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Thank you Marc.
While my 2018 maps have copyright protection, I welcome all my Nomad friends to use them in any way possible to help you have a great Baja trip!
Maps that don't get used aren't any good to anyone.
Old maps that are no longer in print or for sale or whose creator and publisher has died would be honored by their continued appreciation, in my
opinion. I hope my books and maps get as much use as possible well after I have gone. |
Some of the maps you use as a base are already copyrighted. We had this discussion before.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Desertbull | E32 Cartografia is the best digital map out there for Baja right now ... It costs $105 and its compatible with your GPS ... downloads to your laptop
and then you can make routes and transfer them easily to your Garmin handheld GPS or any Garmin GPS ..
http://cartografiagps.com/en/
It is a Mexican company that has developed this mapping and the US Distributor is Lizard Lady ... an American dirt bike riding lady.
Her company is BajaGPSGuide and we send a lot of people her way. No affliation just know her products are great and Baja worthy.
http://www.bajagpsguide.com/index.php?page=shop.product_deta... |
The Lizard Lady is Kacey Smith, she came out from Colorado to attend Viva Baja I, in October 2000. She was just finishing her first Baja GPS guidebook
and spoke to us about it. Here she is with the late Carlos Fiesta at Viva Baja:
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rts551
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by rts551 | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | Thank you Marc.
While my 2018 maps have copyright protection, I welcome all my Nomad friends to use them in any way possible to help you have a great Baja trip!
Maps that don't get used aren't any good to anyone.
Old maps that are no longer in print or for sale or whose creator and publisher has died would be honored by their continued appreciation, in my
opinion. I hope my books and maps get as much use as possible well after I have gone. |
Some of the maps you use as a base are already copyrighted. We had this discussion before. |
You need not lose sleep over what I do as often as you like following my activities. A map, once modified, added to, altered is no longer the same
map. The base map I used is specifically for map making, other than federal highways it only shows topography and coastlines and cities. The Baja
Almanac maps were not all made by Landon, he only added mileages and a few place names to the existing Mexican topo maps. He made his maps for profit,
too. My maps are FREE for anyone who wishes to use or enjoy.
Other than Hwy. 1, 3, 5, 19, all the roads I personally drew in from overlapped satellite images and my GPS tracks. I shared the making of my maps
here on Nomad so everyone could provide their input to make it a Nomad project. I am sorry if you don't like community, sharing, or helping others.
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Way better things to do than follow you around. You must be taking lessons from the cheeto man when it comes to paranoia about ones self.
From now on, why not add to your posts about who is allowed to respond.
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David K
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Anyone who does not have an agenda.
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JZ
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It's more fun to make your own maps.
Every trip I spend hours on Google Earth plotting the routes we are going to take. Pretty fun and you learn the area better.
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PaulW
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I just looked at Google maps and I find them very up to date. Easier to view in the satellite option Did not find a way to make a map like we do on
GE.
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V6G3B7
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Ken,
In 2010, I scooped up the last four © 2009 copies of Baja Almanac at a store in Mulege, after repeated contact with Mr. Landon Crumpton in Las Vegas
sounding like he would not publish again.
For my own personal use I scanned a number of pages as high resolution JPG images so that if I didn't have the atlas handy, but my laptop was, I could
simply open the image file. I stitched together a number of panels for the Cape (Playa Tecolote north to Los Cabos south, El Cien west to East Cape.
low-res map (~3 Mb)
high-res map (~38 Mb)
Los Cabos panel (~2 Mb)
Similarly the AAA map from top to bottom, available as a single JPG file (~6 Mb medium-res)
And just for sh*ts & giggles, I spliced the almanac onto the AAA map in a few locations (~4 Mb low-res)
I then draped (overlay) whichever JPG panel I needed onto Google Earth, got everything aligned, and could get a really good topo visual when planning
a hike or drive, being able to rotate in 3-D and fly around a planned route.
Now the legal stuff:
Like any other asset a copyright © can be transferred to his or her heirs, successors, assigns. "In general, for works created on or after January 1, 1978, the term of copyright is the life of the author plus seventy years after the author’s
death."
A copyrighted work does not need to be registered with the US Copyright Office: "In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created."
Baja California Almanac is International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 978-0-9658663-4-7
Bowker is the exclusive U.S. agent for issuing International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs), a universal method of identifying books in print.
[Edited on 7-23-2018 by V6G3B7]
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V6G3B7
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Here is one way I have used the scanned & spliced Baja Almanac
A simple trip map. Here is one way I have used the scanned & spliced the Baja Almanac
Full size (BIG!)
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Ken Cooke
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Impressive poster map V6G3B7!
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BoogieBills
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Hello folks. My name's Billy. I used to spend my summers chilling with Landon and my pops down in Baja when I was younger. Landon was a pretty
radical guy. Anyhow, unfortunately there's no access to the original digital copies of this almanac... We still have the original drawings and
renderings from Landon. I'm in the process of attempting to figure out the logistics of digitizing said maps in the highest resolution possible and
the possibility of making it accessible to people.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by BoogieBills | | Hello folks. My name's Billy. I used to spend my summers chilling with Landon and my pops down in Baja when I was younger. Landon was a pretty
radical guy. Anyhow, unfortunately there's no access to the original digital copies of this almanac... We still have the original drawings and
renderings from Landon. I'm in the process of attempting to figure out the logistics of digitizing said maps in the highest resolution possible and
the possibility of making it accessible to people. |
What fun it must have been!
I wrote to Landon to share and discuss his Almanacs, but never heard back from him. It was sad to hear of his death and we would miss all his
wonderful work. His Baja magazines were great too, I was a subscriber to them both (Baja Traveler, Baja Explorer).
Benchmark Maps will have their first Baja Atlas out next month... It is the same size as the 2009 Almanac but more maps inside and all up-to-date with
2021 roads and as many corrections to the base map as I could find to make... I am sure there are more, but it is a good start!
Here are some teaser images of the new Atlas:
*each kilometer is marked on the highways, too.
The webpage for the new atlas (more sample images):
https://www.benchmarkmaps.com/product/baja-california-road-r...
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PaulW
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Want PDF for maps?
Some years ago I went to the INEGI office in Mexicali and received a cd with the original maps (PDF). They appear to be what Landon used for his base
maps. I took the cd to a survey shop in Calexico and had several printed in color using the size of the original INEGI maps.
BTW, one can still go to the INEGI web site and download the appropriate maps one at a time.
That project was completed and I had no use for the out dated and incomplete back county roads and trails. However what they are most useful for is
the topographic data for finding places to drive. Now days I use my GPS and Google Earth.
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