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[*] posted on 5-4-2007 at 05:43 PM
Best Free Maps of Baja


After looking around for a while, for a good free map of Baja, I found two that I like. The first one is of Northern Baja and the second one is of Southern Baja. I have saved these .pdf files to my computer so I do not need to be connected to the internet to view them.

http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Atlas/bajacalifornian.pdf

http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Atlas/bcs.pdf

Try using the zoom feature in Adobe to make it larger. It will zoom in a long ways.

The base page has lots of other interesting maps.

http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=440

It would be interesting for someone who is in an area where recent road construction has been done to check and see just how up to date these maps are. I did find a date that says 2006 but who knows if the full map was updated then.

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[Edited on 5-5-2007 by wiltonh]
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[*] posted on 5-4-2007 at 08:32 PM


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It would be interesting for someone who is in an area where recent road construction has been done to check and see just how up to date these maps are.


Doesn't show the new Hwy 2 toll bypass on the south side of Mexicali, which opened around October last year. No sign of the Calexico East (Garita II) crossing either, which is strange as that's been there much longer!

One slight disadvantage of these "official" federal maps is the place names are sometimes official, rather than what is really used. So Algodones has it's official name on the map (Vicente Guerrero) but no road signs will point there. (on the distance chart they list Los Algodones, even though it's not shown on the map).

At least for "Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada" the real-world name (Maneadero) is in brackets.

San Matias seems to be totally missing.


[Edited on 5-5-2007 by Riom]
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[*] posted on 5-4-2007 at 09:11 PM


you might get what you pay for??:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 5-4-2007 at 09:39 PM


Very nice maps. Thanks for the link.
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[*] posted on 5-4-2007 at 09:49 PM


Nice links.... thanks for sharing those. But, the Baja map from AAA is free (if you're a member) and works great and it's regularly updated.

For maps that are NOT free, I would highly recommend the Baja Almanac map book.

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[*] posted on 5-5-2007 at 06:18 AM
Maps


I have seen reference, on the Nomad, to people who have the Baja almanac on Disc... I live in Todos Santos and would like to aquire the almanac on disc. Anyone with it close to Todos Santos,..... or able to refer me???

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[*] posted on 5-5-2007 at 12:11 PM


Nomads,
I have the Almanac on disc....and have promised a few nomads a copy....U2U me if anyone is interested....




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[*] posted on 5-6-2007 at 08:20 AM


I converted the PDF of BajaCalifornia to Jpeg and calibrated it in Ozi Explorer - when calibrating by lat/long, east coast area was quite a way off, then re-calibrated using UTM and it seem pretty right on. Pretty old data for some of the roads but not too bad for general use. One good thing you can zoom in a lot without a lot of loss of clarity.

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[*] posted on 5-8-2007 at 12:29 AM


AAA

Ask a friend who has it if you don't.

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lol.gif posted on 5-9-2007 at 07:07 AM
best not free map of baja


is capt. mike's giant baja map.

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[*] posted on 5-9-2007 at 07:12 AM


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Originally posted by motoged
Nomads,
I have the Almanac on disc....and have promised a few nomads a copy....U2U me if anyone is interested....


You need to be careful about that -- as I believe that's copyright violation and actionable.

Just a word of advice.
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