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Anyone know of a good digital topo (for gps) for Aconcagua?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:45 am
by Quadaxial
Hi,

I'm having a hard time finding anything other than travel road maps for Argentina for my Garmin Dakota 20 GPS. I have the standard Aconcagua topo map in print form, which I suppose I could scan and load as a custom tagged image in the gps, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a digital topo of Aconcagua that would be compatible with Garmin?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Jason

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:28 am
by paisajeroamericano
these two sights offer some free GPS layers for argentina - i think the topos are 150m contours :x - there are also planimetric maps available - there may be others for sale - i believe you have to register first - both sites are in spanish
http://www.gps.com.ar/
http://www.proyectomapear.com.ar/

supposedly this one has a gps map of aconcagua, but i cannot get the link to work:
http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-e ... -maps.html

so far, i've been unable to find similar layers for other countries in the cordillera
Does anybody know any good gps resources for chile, bolivia, or peru?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:09 pm
by poice2004
Try this site
Include the North of Argentina, Bolivia , part of PerĂº , part of Chile

http://viajerosmapas.com/

Only for GPS Garmin
To use with Mapsource 6.13.7

Thank you

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:19 am
by Quadaxial
Thank you both for the information. I'm having a hard time navigating the site, but it is a start.

Jason

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:24 pm
by pitney
Note - If you go to these sites via Chrome it will translate them for you. pitney

PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:57 pm
by pitney
As a follow up:

I went to .gps.com.ar and after registering downloaded their map of Argentina/Chile.

Initial views in mapquest shows fairly large countours (250 ft, maybe) (with better results near Aconcagua - 100 ft) which in my (limited) experience is adequate for getting you there and back.

No trails/routes appear to be present so next I will try to find and add these.

I am confident that this map will greatly help me when exploring Argentina's mountains.

pitney