| Pages:
1
2 |
chrisx
Banned
Posts: 173
Registered: 12-17-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: baj nomad is broken
|
|
Somebody must know something about gps and maps and Baja?
I finaly got a GPS.
Some where in the world I expect maps of Baja exist. No no, not the city street maps Garmin sells. Some back country topo style maps with hills and
mountains and such.
Up until now I've been getting by on navigation tactics straight from the 1859 Cavalry manual.
Day in the life
My map Shows a road heading south through the mountains. You know, travel east for 11 or 12 miles, turn right travel another 15 etc. 6 or 7 miles
along and I'm on a trail instead of a road. This does not match my map exactly. When does Baja match my map? The pointed mountain off in the
distance seems to be on the map, only a few points east of where I think it should be. The trail turns into a sand creek bed. Dry soft deep hard to
push a bicycle through sand.
Best to turn back. 10 miles of sand or 50 miles of road take about the same amount of time. On the road again and a little thirsty. What happened
to my water? My ten mile search pattern is not succesful. The river of sand must have swallowed my last bottle of water. I have some serious bike
lights, this seems like the right time to use them. 5 hours into the dark I find a place to make camp.
Somebody must know something about gps and maps and Baja?
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES
SCAN THE ROAD AHEAD AT ALL TIMES
HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW WAY DOWN
WAIT, PASS WHEN SAFE
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES!
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15940
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
chale vato!
i just know you used to be an idiot, but i don't know about these days.
how are the fat chicks in the honda's treating you these days?
|
|
|
chrisx
Banned
Posts: 173
Registered: 12-17-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: baj nomad is broken
|
|
Is there a way to block woody from posting? She makes this web page unbearable.
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES
SCAN THE ROAD AHEAD AT ALL TIMES
HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW WAY DOWN
WAIT, PASS WHEN SAFE
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES!
|
|
|
J.P.
Super Nomad
Posts: 1673
Registered: 7-8-2010
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
Mood: Easy Does It
|
|
Maps, I think DAVID K. has more maps of BAJA than the Mexican Goverment, AAA,and National Geographics combined or you could do as I do if I think I am
lost I head East or West until I see Water Dont need any friggin maps
|
|
|
MikeYounghusband
Nomad
Posts: 213
Registered: 8-27-2008
Location: Loreto, Baja Cal. Sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always ready for more
|
|
Thats what makes Baja, Baja. David K. knows about what you seek and can provide
|
|
|
rts551
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6700
Registered: 9-5-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
OK
I haven't a source for good/accurate maps.
I use Navigator and expeditioner and then build my own.
http://www.lbmaps.com/lb_baja.htm
http://www.mexicomaps.com/mexico_gps.lasso?itemid=8303&-...
|
|
|
Bajatripper
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3152
Registered: 3-20-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
What you need is a Baja California Almanac, usually available from Discover Baja in San Diego. They run about $25.
If you are really lucky, you might get ahold of a Baja Explorer Topographic Atlas Directory, which has been out of print for a while. It has the
largest scale I've come across of the peninsula, but is somewhat dated now.
|
|
|
rts551
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6700
Registered: 9-5-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
I think he wants a GPS maps for his GARMIN.
|
|
|
BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
Member Is Offline
Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
I think he wants a GPS maps for his GARMIN. |
Garmin makes bicycles???
|
|
|
ElCap
Nomad
Posts: 281
Registered: 1-22-2010
Location: Montara CA, or San Ignacio BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
I bought "Baja Navigator" GPS maps for my Garmin from Larry Buck at http://www.lbmaps.com/
They work greta for me, and Larry was very helpful when I had an installation glitch. About $40, and well worth it.
|
|
|
Bajatripper
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3152
Registered: 3-20-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
I think he wants a GPS maps for his GARMIN. |
Yep, you're right. My bad.
|
|
|
motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Member Is Offline
Mood: Gettin' Better
|
|
Best Baja GPS map
I use this GPS map when in Mexico:
http://www.cartografiagps.com/mape32/index.htm
Don't believe everything you think....
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65410
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by MikeYounghusband
Thats what makes Baja, Baja. David K. knows about what you seek and can provide |
Thanks for the kind words amigos... Seriously, I do use Google Earth to see an area and there you can insert a GPS waypoint if you have one or get GPS
waypoints of things you want to see or go to. Wiki-Mapia is also a source for maps online to make your own.
If using a Garmin GPS, I have seen LB MAPS that Ralph and others mentioned, and that should do well...
It would indeed be dangerous for ChrisX to be out in the boonies on his bicycle without a GPS, IMO!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65410
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
What you need is a Baja California Almanac, usually available from Discover Baja in San Diego. They run about $25.
If you are really lucky, you might get ahold of a Baja Explorer Topographic Atlas Directory, which has been out of print for a while. It has the
largest scale I've come across of the peninsula, but is somewhat dated now. |
Here they all are... all produced by Landon Crumpton...
There have been three sizes (scales)... The orig. Baja Topo Atlas was the larges and most detailed sacle, and the biggest pages. The next two versions
had a smaller scale, and 8.5 x 11 inch pages. The newest version has an even smaller scale (the least detail) and went to a bigger size page.
The three scales of the same region (San Felipe).
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
I have LB maps which works fine for me but this stuff from Cartografiagps looks pretty good - and covers all of Mexico if you wander a bit.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
There have been three sizes (scales)... The orig. Baja Topo Atlas was the larges and most detailed sacle, and the biggest pages. The next two versions
had a smaller scale, and 8.5 x 11 inch pages. The newest version has an even smaller scale (the least detail) and went to a bigger size page.
|
Baja California is a great map. We use that mostly.
woody with a view: that's a tough view of crisX......and I couldnt agree with you more! We all remember this idiot coing on board here.....first post
was about BN's being a bunch of drunks...and he degrading the larger ladies here by using the term "fat ladies". Still more insults I do not have the
time to list....that this idiot blasted at us.
May that lady in the red car.......spot him someday on a Baja road.....
[Edited on 7-31-2011 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
Jack Swords
Super Nomad
Posts: 1095
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: Nipomo, CA/La Paz, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
For Topos, find a INEGI office (there is one in La Paz) and you can get excellent Topo maps by the Mexican government. They will also put many
requested maps on a CD so you can zoom in, highlight a section, and print out exactly what you want. We have used these maps (both paper and digital)
for all our wanderings in Baja Sur.
http://www.bicimapas.com.mx/de%20los%20mapas%20topograficos....
|
|
|
Roberto
Banned
Posts: 2162
Registered: 9-5-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Have fun - there's lots here.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/mexico.html
|
|
|
Udo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6364
Registered: 4-26-2008
Location: Black Hills, SD/Ensenada/San Felipe
Member Is Offline
Mood: TEQUILA!
|
|
Here is what I found was a very popular GPS;
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
|
|
|
RichBaja
Banned
Posts: 165
Registered: 5-8-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by chrisx
Is there a way to block woody from posting? She makes this web page unbearable. |
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
