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Old 17 Sep 2015
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I always have both maps, the one from mapear and the conosur map (www.gps.com.ar). Especially in Patagonia and off the beaten track they are not always complete but most of the time one of them has the map where the other one does not.
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Instructions in Spanish make this very difficult to understand with any confidence. Can someone supply an English step by step guide to these maps. Thanks.
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Instructions in Spanish make this very difficult to understand with any confidence. Can someone supply an English step by step guide to these maps. Thanks.
Use Google translate to get a pretty good idea. Browser Google Chrome will often translate whole web pages.


BTW there is already a Sticky topic for this exact topic. Do we need TWO stickies for the same topic.
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Instructions in Spanish make this very difficult to understand with any confidence. Can someone supply an English step by step guide to these maps. Thanks.
I have been posting and recommending regarding this GPS maps for Argentina and surrounding countries from when I was a noob member long ago on 2002/3. Fist was that Conosur and then when a member of that group stole the maps and name, MapeAR was created. There was a English page on the web time ago but don’t know if still there now. I have posted the link before but can’t find it now (maybe check my very old posts)
Anyway there in Mapear all is easy now:
First you have to register yourself, on an email they will send you a password, when you have it you login and go to “descargas” and there you will find all the downloads, direct ones to Garmin devices, Mapsource or BaseCamp ones, I think there still exist some for Macs, TomToms and others geeks things… Isn’t complicate at all as was before when you need to pay a nerd to do it, and now with google translator I can even understand Esperanto.

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Some free GPS tracks from South America:

Cuzco - Nazca, Peru

Ruta 40, Argentina/Patagonia

Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia
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Can anyone please tell me which of these can be downloaded direct to a Zumo without using Mapsource etc, in the way OSM can? I've been told proyectomapear can, but don't know about the others.

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Can anyone please tell me which of these can be downloaded direct to a Zumo without using Mapsource etc, in the way OSM can? I've been told proyectomapear can, but don't know about the others.

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You can download *.img files and use without Mapsource:
Perut
Bolivia/Argentina/Chile: ViajerosMapas
Brasil: Tracksource
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Hi,

I just got back from 6 weeks of riding in Peru using the PERUT on my Garmin Zumo 350LM. I never used the routing function as I already had tracks made up with my planned route.
I was really happy with the GPS detail and found the maps to be fairly reliable for where we were riding (Northern part of Peru). The maps where handy in the cities. Very happy with the free maps.
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My most recent analysis (on the road) of what are the best maps to use in South America

Central America - CenRut or BiciMapas
Colombia - OSM
Venezuela - VenRut
Brasil - Tracksource
Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay - Proyecto Mapear
Peru - Perut
Bolivia - RutaBo
Ecuador,Suriname, Fr.Guyana, Guyana - Open Street Maps
Southern Africa -Tracks4Africa

If you need a database of Campgrounds for South America, see this link
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-america-76785

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Hi there..

I didn't read all of your posts - so you got this link already!

I am travelling around SA since 8 months.. The Topo Maps here are really good...

Free maps for Garmin from OpenStreetMap - Maps Download

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free map application

For mobil device you can download OSMAND there get free map and they are good. I really advice it!
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Thanks for sharing this Jedi. Visting South America in July so this will definitely come in handy.
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A mate and I have spent the last 4 years riding the whole of South America, except Ecuador. We have always used Maps.me without incurring serious problems. The only caveat is that Maps.me will always give you the shortest route, not necessarily the easiest or fastest and the predicted travel time takes no account of terrain so disregard.

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Works for me...

To prepare for an upcoming trip I used this site to download maps for my Garmin GPS:
https://alternativaslibres.org/en/downloads.php
(donations requested by site)

I then supplemented the maps with Points of Interest (POI) by country:
https://ioverlander.com/countries/places_by_country
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POI NOTE: I used Garmin POI Loader (a free app) to upload the resources to my GPS. On my old and reliable Zumo 500, the added POIs are found here: Where to? > Extras.
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The dedicated GPS device market for motorcycles is dead or is on life support. They were great tools in their day and are going the way of the doo-doo bird.

My old and reliable Zumo 550 did not live up to expectations. Over the years I have owned three of them. One died and was exchanged for a refurbished device. It was then lost walking along the train tracks to Machu Picchu. The pins that keep the device charged while riding burnt and broke off on my 2023 South American tour.

My advice, buy a soft holder for your smartphone that attaches to your handlebars and use Google Maps (download data for offline use.) Buy a GIVI and be sure your phone fits comfortably. Or buy a series of cheap holders; the zipper wears out and will fail after several weeks of daily use.
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