by MountaingirlBC » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:01 pm
by John Climber » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:13 pm
by Proterra » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:42 am
by Charles » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:02 pm
Leviathan wrote:Part of the Italian alps (mostly Sudtirol) are covered by the Alpenvereinskarte as well. Their 1:25,000 maps are a wee bit chaotic in my opinion, and i much prefer the 1:50,000
The Swiss maps are the best. Unfortunately, they are also really expensive. (about 6 cents per sq. kilometre at 1:25,000 - Cheaper than the Dutch maps, but much more expensive than the OS maps, both of which are about the same quality.) http://www.swisstopo.com
by Proterra » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:31 pm
sjarelkwint wrote:If you can't navigate a alpenverein carte of 1:25.000 i think you can better stay in the alps
i love the 1:25.000 and 1:50.000 cards of alpenverein
sjarelkwint wrote:if you go to andes or less civilised countries you won't find better cards then those ...
by Charles » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:59 pm
gert wrote:I personally like swiss topo and if you can afford the digital one - great stuff! The Wallis map 25 does cover the italian site of the matterhorn as well.
by gert » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:53 pm
charles wrote:gert wrote:I personally like swiss topo and if you can afford the digital one - great stuff! The Wallis map 25 does cover the italian site of the matterhorn as well.
I was thinking of buying digital. So you recommend them?
by Gabriele Roth » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:15 pm
by MichaelJ » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:45 pm
by gogo » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:37 pm
by Nikman » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:05 pm
gert wrote:charles wrote:gert wrote:I personally like swiss topo and if you can afford the digital one - great stuff! The Wallis map 25 does cover the italian site of the matterhorn as well.
I was thinking of buying digital. So you recommend them?
I use swiss topo 25 for Wallis and Bernese Alps. Same quality like the printed one. Easy to measure distances, profiles, perfect up / download with my Garmin ec. For the trip I just print the part I need.
by signorellil » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:14 pm
MountaingirlBC wrote:My local map shop that has a zillion maps of everything has jack squat for the alps so I want to order something online. I need a good topo (or topos) that will cover Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn including the Italian side. Can anyone recommend something? Thanks much!
by Diego Sahagún » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:57 am
Leviathan wrote:sjarelkwint wrote:If you can't navigate a alpenverein carte of 1:25.000 i think you can better stay in the alps
i love the 1:25.000 and 1:50.000 cards of alpenverein
Not so fast, eh... I NEVER mentioned the AV maps as being unnavigable. I just stated my opinion that AV maps are a wee bit chaotic compared to the newer ones of Swisstopo.
Swisstopo is in my opinion by far superior when it comes up to topo maps of the Alps. Having said that, AV makes good, accurate maps, i am just spoiled when it comes up to topo maps of "civilised" countries. (Read OS, ST, TD, USGS)
Let me post two examples; one from AV 5/1; Karwendelgebirge West
and this one from ST 1198; Silvretta
Images are scanned at the same resolution; 600 DPI 24-bit colour, then converted to JPG.sjarelkwint wrote:if you go to andes or less civilised countries you won't find better cards then those ...
Aye. In Morocco i would've loved having anything near the quality of AV. Those maps are so shite that i had to go in and make some edits...
http://www.summitpost.org/image/359667/359525/toubkal-map.html
Cheers,
Clint.
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