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Maps for mexico & central america
what are the best maps to buy for mexico & central america where do i buy them
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For Mexico I very strongly recommend Guia Roji. They have them at gas stations in Mexico. You'll normally find the ones for the states near the gas station or the big mapbook for the entire country. I believe they can also be ordered online. ITMB's maps are a reasonable second choice.
For Central America I used ITMB exclusively. I found them to be reasonably good, albeit not entirely accurate at times. But then no map ever is entirely accurate.
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The Roji is fine for Mexico if you are going to be on well traveled cuota roads or if you are going to be on well traveled state roads. Remember, it has some real big errors if you are doing any serious riding.
A lot of tourists use the Roji, but there are other options that are better, the Roji is usually used because it is the easiest to buy and usually the only map of Mexico they have ever used, maybe apart from an AAA map.
Mapasindependencia are not too bad, even the Quimera is just as good as a Roji and a little cheaper.
You can download some very good aviation maps for free online. These cover a wide swath of Latin America and not just Mexico. They are large files, with a lot more accuracy than the Roji will ever dream of having.
Start here:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/
Using the google maps etc... is ok, but like any other source, it won't give you an idea of the condition of the road which is very important. That you will get by simply asking locals.
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Reise Know-How is the best up-to-date paper maps for Central America. Way better than ITMB, IMO. Reise Know-How Verlag online
You can try to find from a local distributor, (McGiggle posted a link) but new maps are released almost every year and distributors rarely have the lastest version. Also, there is a pretty big markup. If you have the time, order direct from Reise in Germany.
Guia Roji is excellent for Mexico, but as MikeMike said, it's not so awesome for off the beaten track places. We used OSM maps via MapSource for that.
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if you need one quick and your in the states, the large book shops should sell the international travel maps www.itmb.com i got one in New Mexico that covers all the central american countries and one for mexico, cost about $13 USD each. Detailled enough to show all the major and minor roads which I mainly took.
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