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[*] posted on 6-23-2023 at 10:46 AM


See all of Geoffff's previous Baja trip pages on his website (and that link is also on Page 2 of VivaBaja.com): https://octopup.org/baja



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[*] posted on 6-23-2023 at 10:52 PM


Quote: Originally posted by BeachSeeker  
Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  
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Geoff, thanks for the awesome, and thorough, trip reports. They are a ton of help. Can I ask, what setup are you using for offline satellite maps? This seems like a game changer for our exploration. Thanks!


Well, I don't do it the easy or normal way....

I'm running some quirky Russian software called SASPlanet on a Windows machine (Microsoft Surface tablet with touchscreen) with a USB GPS.

SASPlanet lets you download maps from various sources. It's not the easiest to figure out, but it's the best software I know of for using your own custom/free/downloaded raster (photo or scanned image) maps.

http://www.sasgis.org/sasplaneta/

The above is in Russian. Here is Google Translate into English:

https://www-sasgis-org.translate.goog/sasplaneta/?_x_tr_sl=a...

I have a 1TB micro flash memory card filled with downloaded maps -- satellite imagery downloaded from Bing Maps, INEGI topographic maps, and OpenStreetMaps. It's the satellite imagery that I find the most useful for Baja backcountry use.











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[*] posted on 6-29-2023 at 10:22 AM


Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  


Well, I don't do it the easy or normal way....

I'm running some quirky Russian software called SASPlanet on a Windows machine (Microsoft Surface tablet with touchscreen) with a USB GPS.

SASPlanet lets you download maps from various sources. It's not the easiest to figure out, but it's the best software I know of for using your own custom/free/downloaded raster (photo or scanned image) maps.

http://www.sasgis.org/sasplaneta/

The above is in Russian. Here is Google Translate into English:

https://www-sasgis-org.translate.goog/sasplaneta/?_x_tr_sl=a...

I have a 1TB micro flash memory card filled with downloaded maps -- satellite imagery downloaded from Bing Maps, INEGI topographic maps, and OpenStreetMaps. It's the satellite imagery that I find the most useful for Baja backcountry use.




Thank you for the information. I'm surprised something like this doesn't exist commercially. At least in an easier to use format. Satellite maps have been a huge benefit to me in my Baja adventures. However, I have relied on caching the maps of where I plan to explore on my phone when I have WiFi and hoping to not disturb it.

How exactly are you getting georeferenced satellite maps from Bing? Or are you painstakingly snipping the raw pictures and georeferencing yourself?

edit: After further reviewing the SAS.Planet website, I now see that it does the georeferencing for you. This looks awesome, I might have to buy a Surface Pro just for this setup. What are the blue lines in your picture above of the satellite image? Are these routes you put in, or is it somehow predicting where roads are?

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[*] posted on 11-8-2023 at 10:58 AM


Just rereading one of the finest Nomad trip reports! Hope to see others as they are really a valuable and entertaining feature of this forum.



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