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18 Sep 2010
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GPS vs paper maps of central America?
Most people seem to be navigating with paper maps of CA and SA. Does anyone know if it`s possible to get good, accurate GPS maps of those areas and is it worth it, or would it be better to use the old fashioned method?
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Mapears is Awesome!
I can't say for Central America but the free Routable Garmin Map named Mapears is great for Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. I tried it out last week and was amazed, every dirt road was on it and the routing worked grat!
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Originally Posted by Mr Steam Turbine
I can't say for Central America but the free Routable Garmin Map named Mapears is great for Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. I tried it out last week and was amazed, every dirt road was on it and the routing worked grat!
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Good find. Didn't know about these. In case somebody else wants to download the maps: They are at Proyecto Mapear . Instructions in English at http://www.proyectomapear.com.ar/eng_tutorial/index.htm
IMHO it is always worth to have a paper map. Easier for planning and nice to have the treeware backup. GPS maps can be wrong and GPS units can die.
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Garmin makes a mapset for Central America. I have it, though i have never tried it for accuracy
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Mapear was invaluable for me, but useless for Bolivia. Paper maps were also invaluable for route planning, and also as confirmation of GPS and vice-versa.
We went over 24,000km with only one significant misdirection (i.e. more than 100km) and that was in Bolivia where virtually every road was under construction and the "desvio" was king.
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There is no Mapear for Bolivia. I use ConoSur for Bolivia. For Brasil, i use TracSource.
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