There are lots of maps available in Bolivia.\u00a0 Many paper maps are given away for free.\u00a0 Most of them are not worth the paper they are printed on.\u00a0 That said, excellent maps are available, and some of the best can be downloaded\u00a0 free-of-charge on the internet.<\/p>\n
For Your GPS<\/span><\/h4>\n![\"etrex\"](\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/etrex-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>First, you will want to feed your GPS.\u00a0 I won\u2019t review what GPS you should buy for Bolivia, since the only one I have ever used is Garmin.\u00a0 That said, what I can say about Garmin is that it is a standard, with which most everyone tries to be compatible.\u00a0 That is a huge advantage.\u00a0 I use a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx, which is a wonderful little device.\u00a0 They have recently been discontinued by Garmin, so you could probably get one cheap.\u00a0 That said, there are good reasons for the discontinuation, I suppose.\u00a0 Some of the new models, besides their larger screens and greater capacity and accuracy, actually have facilities for you to put your own scanned topo maps onto them.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t used those facilities, but the idea certainly seems intriguing.<\/p>\nAnyway, to get back to what I do know something about . . .<\/p>\n
![\"Open](\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/osm_logo.png\")
<\/a> Open Street Map: The Free Wiki World Map<\/p>\nGarmin does not sell any maps of Bolivia (that I am aware of), so you have to find someone else to provide maps for use in your GPS. I have been using an implementation of Open Street Map<\/a> (OSM). It\u2019s a very cool wiki-map thing. Basically, anyone can register and then edit the map. I have added a fair amount to it and obviously there are a number of people doing the same, as I see it getting better day by day. There is a lot missing still, but it\u2019s definitely a worthwhile start.<\/p>\nOf course, you can\u2019t use OSM directly in your GPS device. Luckily, some people, or some groups of people, are already preparing the maps for your use. There are several alternatives, depending on what you want. You can see some of the other possibilities on an older page in this blog, Using a GPS in Kyrgyzstan (or anywhere)<\/a>.\u00a0 Right now, though, I will focus on the one option I use.\u00a0 This gives you a routable map using Latinized names.<\/p>\n![\"Detail](\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/igm-osm-300x246.jpg\")
<\/a> Detail from the Open Street Map of La Paz, showing the U.S. Embassy and the Estado Mayor, where the Instituto Geographico Militar is located<\/p>\nFree maps for Garmin brand GPS devices from OpenStreetMap<\/a> does a great job of generating the map you want directly from the OSM site, on order. It can have whatever coverage you want, and it is spectacularly easy to use. Even better, I hardly need explain how to use it, since the instructions are right there on the webpage for you to read. You select the tiles you want, and enter your email address. The site will then email you a link to a page from which you can download the map you generated.<\/p>\nAs I said above, some newer GPS units may be able to take scanned maps.\u00a0 Mine can\u2019t, so I can\u2019t tell you much about that.\u00a0 I understand that the Instituto Geografico Militar (IGM or Military Geographic Institute of Bolivia) is working on digitizing topographical maps of Bolivia for use in GPS\u2019s, so you may want to contact them, as well (see below).\u00a0 I will provide more information on that when I get it.<\/p>\n
![\"West](\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Sajama-1024x713.jpg\")
<\/a> West Side of Tata Sajama, detail from IGM’s pdf version of its 1:50k topo, available online<\/p>\nDigital (or digitized) Maps<\/span><\/h4>\nThere are a couple of options online.\u00a0 By far, the most interesting is the website of the Instituto Geografico Militar, at http:\/\/www.igmbolivia.gob.bo\/<\/a>.\u00a0 The Instituto is moving quickly to put new products up online.\u00a0 They now have topographic maps in .pdf format at standard scales of 1:250,000, 1:100,000, and 1:50,000.\u00a0 They also continue to have available the 1:250,000 in .dgn format, a CAD (computer assisted design) format.\u00a0 All of Bolivia is covered in the 1:250k scale.\u00a0 While coverage is pretty good in the 100k and 50k maps, it is by no means complete, so you need to use all these scales to get full coverage of the country.<\/p>\n![\"Comanche,](\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Comanche.jpg\")
<\/a> Comanche, detail from a 250k .dng file available for free on the IGM website – so what’s the scale on this map now?<\/p>\nOf course, one of the oddities of mapping digitally is the obsolescence of the whole idea of issuing maps in different \u201cscales.\u201d\u00a0 By zooming in and out, a digital map can be re-scaled on the fly on your computer or your GPS.\u00a0 So, what the scale on these pdf versions really means is that they vary in their level of detail, with the 250k maps much less detailed than the 50k maps.\u00a0 However, that idea breaks down with the very interesting .dgn maps.\u00a0 These are highly detailed.\u00a0 Of course, you need to get a specialized program, capable of viewing a CAD file, to see these, and that is where Bentley View V8i<\/a> comes in.\u00a0 From Bently View, you can view, zoom, print, or convert to PDF.\u00a0 These files have much more information than the 250k .pdfs on the site.\u00a0 In fact, I should compare them to the 50k\u2019s one of these days.\u00a0 I suspect that they are equally detailed, except possible in terms of elevation lines.\u00a0 That does mean that generating a pdf from a complete 250k map creates an almost illegible mess.\u00a0 However, zooming in and generating something like a 50k map is much more useable.<\/p>\nThe other site, previously my go-to site for free maps of Bolivia, is the Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection<\/a> on the website of the University of Texas in Austin.\u00a0 The Bolivia Maps are available for downloading at http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/bolivia.html<\/a>.\u00a0 Besides a variety of country maps, and some maps of La Paz, dating to the 1990s, you can find aeronautical charts at 1:1,000,000 and 1:250,000.\u00a0 The former has full coverage for Bolivia, and the later has most of Bolivia covered.\u00a0 Almost all of Bolivia is covered in the 1:100,000 topographical maps, and there are four lonely 1:50,000 topos.\u00a0 All of these are old, and the dates vary, so I suggest you make a point of looking at the dates and consider the possibility that roads, and some other features, may have changed since the maps were made.<\/p>\nWhich Map(s) Do You Need?<\/h4>\n
With so many maps available, it can be difficult to find the topo map(s) you need, especially since the keys and guides for these maps (at least those provided online) are terrible. \u00a0However, I’ve found a website to solve the problem. \u00a0Try out\u00a0http:\/\/www.geospatial.com\/<\/a>. \u00a0They have an interactive map for finding maps. \u00a0You zoom in and then select the area that interests you, and they will give you a list of all the maps they are aware of covering the area. \u00a0There will be a lot of “chaff” in there, in the form of British and Russian nautical charts, Soviet Military maps and other assorted oddities, but you should find the IGM’s 50k series right at the top and other IGM maps scattered among the chaff as you scroll down. \u00a0After you know what you need, it’s easy to go over the the IGM site and download it.<\/p>\nPaper Maps<\/span><\/h4>\nAs much as I enjoy the modern, digital maps, there is nothing quite so satisfying as spreading your paper map(s) out on a big table and planning your next trip.\u00a0 For that purpose, the Instituto Geografico Militar can\u2019t be beaten.\u00a0 You can visit them at the Estado Mayor General, Av. Saavedra #2303, or call them at the phone numbers on their site.\u00a0 They have a very modern, computerized system, and can find the map you want, and print it out on their plotters, for a pretty reasonable price.\u00a0 Definitely recommended.\u00a0 I have not yet explored whether they have the maps that are missing on their website, but my understanding is that full coverage of the country at the more detailed 100k and 50k scales is simply not available.<\/p>\n
I’ve seen other good paper maps, but have not found them for sale.\u00a0 Someone is producing hiking maps with coverage of the main hiking areas of the country, and from what I have seen they look pretty good.\u00a0 I purchased a couple of maps from the series “Rutas de Viaje\/Journey Routes FOV,” but was not impressed.\u00a0 Although the map sheets are pretty big, much of the space is taken up by advertising and text and the maps themselves are not that impressive.<\/p>\n
Software<\/span><\/h4>\nAs I noted above, I use a number of software applications for mapping.<\/p>\n
Google Earth and Google Maps<\/strong> are great for generally exploring around and getting an idea of what is where.\u00a0 You can also create a route in Google Earth and export it for use in your GPS, or open .gdb or .gpx files (among others) in Google Earth to review them against the map.\u00a0 Google Earth does a fair job of searching for locations.\u00a0 Google Maps can sometimes find a place that won\u2019t come up in Google Earth.\u00a0 Another way to search for a location or a feature is to go to Panoramio<\/strong><\/a> and search for a photo.\u00a0 Since the photos on Panoramio all have geographical information attached and are displayed against a map, if you can find a photo of what you are looking for on Panoramio, you can get the latitude and longitude of the place where it was taken for use in finding it on your maps.<\/p>\nI haven\u2019t spent much time with Garmin\u2019s new software, BaseCamp<\/strong><\/a>, but I used its predecessor, MapSource, extensively.\u00a0 BaseCamp is free, and seems to make a good interface for the GPS.\u00a0 OSM maps load into it just like they did with MapSource, and once you have good maps in it, it is a reasonably useful trip planning tool, as well.<\/p>\nOziExplorer<\/strong><\/a> is about the most interesting piece of mapping software I have found.\u00a0 You can import any map you can get in a .jpg format \u2013 scans of topo maps, for example, or conversions from .pdf files (like the maps on the IGM website).\u00a0 Then, as long as you have the information on latitude and longitude, you can enter it and have a map where you can plot your gps routes and tracks, or plan your next trip.\u00a0 It can interact directly with your Garmin GPs, or even become a real time gps of itself, if you put it on a laptop, teathered to a gps, and take it into the field.\u00a0 About the only thing it can\u2019t do (sigh) is upload your topos onto your gps.\u00a0 This is commercial software, with a price tag of $109, but great commercial software.\u00a0 Take a look at the index feature, as well.\u00a0 As you put your maps into OziExplorer, it can create an index page showing the locations of all your maps on a less detailed map.\u00a0 you can zoom in by going to the more detailed maps, which can also be shown as indexes for the still more detailed maps.\u00a0 If you have a large collection of digital maps, this is an easy way of keeping track of them (once you carry out the time intensive work of getting the maps correctly calibrated).<\/p>\nOther Software Tools<\/strong><\/p>\nOne problem with digital cartography is the multiplicity of formats for all the different software.\u00a0 As a result, you are likely to need some conversion utilities.\u00a0 I regularly use GPSBabel<\/strong><\/a> to convert between .gdb .gpx .kml and other formats gps information comes in.\u00a0 PDF Converter<\/strong><\/a> makes it easy to convert .pdf files to .jpg files, though I wish you could convert them in batches.\u00a0 And if you really get into Open Street Map, you will eventually want to get <\/strong>JOSM<\/strong><\/a>, the premiere OSM editor.\u00a0 Personally, though, I found the learning curve on JOSM to be fairly steep.\u00a0 And then, one easy cheat to put anything you can show on your screen into .jpg format very easily is the Snipping Tool<\/strong> found in the Accessories Menu under Windows.\u00a0 As stated above, I use Bentley View V8i<\/a> to review and convert the very interesting IGM .dgn maps.\u00a0 I\u2019m not that happy with the results from Bentley View, though, and continue to look for something else.<\/p>\nIf you have other\/better information on maps in Bolivia or software, please share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>First, you will want to feed your GPS.\u00a0 I won\u2019t review what GPS you should buy for Bolivia, since the only one I have ever used is Garmin.\u00a0 That said, what I can say about Garmin is that it is a standard, with which most everyone tries to be compatible.\u00a0 That is a huge advantage.\u00a0 I use a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx, which is a wonderful little device.\u00a0 They have recently been discontinued by Garmin, so you could probably get one cheap.\u00a0 That said, there are good reasons for the discontinuation, I suppose.\u00a0 Some of the new models, besides their larger screens and greater capacity and accuracy, actually have facilities for you to put your own scanned topo maps onto them.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t used those facilities, but the idea certainly seems intriguing.<\/p>\nAnyway, to get back to what I do know something about . . .<\/p>\n
Garmin does not sell any maps of Bolivia (that I am aware of), so you have to find someone else to provide maps for use in your GPS. I have been using an implementation of Open Street Map<\/a> (OSM). It\u2019s a very cool wiki-map thing. Basically, anyone can register and then edit the map. I have added a fair amount to it and obviously there are a number of people doing the same, as I see it getting better day by day. There is a lot missing still, but it\u2019s definitely a worthwhile start.<\/p>\n Of course, you can\u2019t use OSM directly in your GPS device. Luckily, some people, or some groups of people, are already preparing the maps for your use. There are several alternatives, depending on what you want. You can see some of the other possibilities on an older page in this blog, Using a GPS in Kyrgyzstan (or anywhere)<\/a>.\u00a0 Right now, though, I will focus on the one option I use.\u00a0 This gives you a routable map using Latinized names.<\/p>\n Free maps for Garmin brand GPS devices from OpenStreetMap<\/a> does a great job of generating the map you want directly from the OSM site, on order. It can have whatever coverage you want, and it is spectacularly easy to use. Even better, I hardly need explain how to use it, since the instructions are right there on the webpage for you to read. You select the tiles you want, and enter your email address. The site will then email you a link to a page from which you can download the map you generated.<\/p>\n As I said above, some newer GPS units may be able to take scanned maps.\u00a0 Mine can\u2019t, so I can\u2019t tell you much about that.\u00a0 I understand that the Instituto Geografico Militar (IGM or Military Geographic Institute of Bolivia) is working on digitizing topographical maps of Bolivia for use in GPS\u2019s, so you may want to contact them, as well (see below).\u00a0 I will provide more information on that when I get it.<\/p>\n There are a couple of options online.\u00a0 By far, the most interesting is the website of the Instituto Geografico Militar, at http:\/\/www.igmbolivia.gob.bo\/<\/a>.\u00a0 The Instituto is moving quickly to put new products up online.\u00a0 They now have topographic maps in .pdf format at standard scales of 1:250,000, 1:100,000, and 1:50,000.\u00a0 They also continue to have available the 1:250,000 in .dgn format, a CAD (computer assisted design) format.\u00a0 All of Bolivia is covered in the 1:250k scale.\u00a0 While coverage is pretty good in the 100k and 50k maps, it is by no means complete, so you need to use all these scales to get full coverage of the country.<\/p>\n Of course, one of the oddities of mapping digitally is the obsolescence of the whole idea of issuing maps in different \u201cscales.\u201d\u00a0 By zooming in and out, a digital map can be re-scaled on the fly on your computer or your GPS.\u00a0 So, what the scale on these pdf versions really means is that they vary in their level of detail, with the 250k maps much less detailed than the 50k maps.\u00a0 However, that idea breaks down with the very interesting .dgn maps.\u00a0 These are highly detailed.\u00a0 Of course, you need to get a specialized program, capable of viewing a CAD file, to see these, and that is where Bentley View V8i<\/a> comes in.\u00a0 From Bently View, you can view, zoom, print, or convert to PDF.\u00a0 These files have much more information than the 250k .pdfs on the site.\u00a0 In fact, I should compare them to the 50k\u2019s one of these days.\u00a0 I suspect that they are equally detailed, except possible in terms of elevation lines.\u00a0 That does mean that generating a pdf from a complete 250k map creates an almost illegible mess.\u00a0 However, zooming in and generating something like a 50k map is much more useable.<\/p>\n The other site, previously my go-to site for free maps of Bolivia, is the Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection<\/a> on the website of the University of Texas in Austin.\u00a0 The Bolivia Maps are available for downloading at http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/bolivia.html<\/a>.\u00a0 Besides a variety of country maps, and some maps of La Paz, dating to the 1990s, you can find aeronautical charts at 1:1,000,000 and 1:250,000.\u00a0 The former has full coverage for Bolivia, and the later has most of Bolivia covered.\u00a0 Almost all of Bolivia is covered in the 1:100,000 topographical maps, and there are four lonely 1:50,000 topos.\u00a0 All of these are old, and the dates vary, so I suggest you make a point of looking at the dates and consider the possibility that roads, and some other features, may have changed since the maps were made.<\/p>\n With so many maps available, it can be difficult to find the topo map(s) you need, especially since the keys and guides for these maps (at least those provided online) are terrible. \u00a0However, I’ve found a website to solve the problem. \u00a0Try out\u00a0http:\/\/www.geospatial.com\/<\/a>. \u00a0They have an interactive map for finding maps. \u00a0You zoom in and then select the area that interests you, and they will give you a list of all the maps they are aware of covering the area. \u00a0There will be a lot of “chaff” in there, in the form of British and Russian nautical charts, Soviet Military maps and other assorted oddities, but you should find the IGM’s 50k series right at the top and other IGM maps scattered among the chaff as you scroll down. \u00a0After you know what you need, it’s easy to go over the the IGM site and download it.<\/p>\n As much as I enjoy the modern, digital maps, there is nothing quite so satisfying as spreading your paper map(s) out on a big table and planning your next trip.\u00a0 For that purpose, the Instituto Geografico Militar can\u2019t be beaten.\u00a0 You can visit them at the Estado Mayor General, Av. Saavedra #2303, or call them at the phone numbers on their site.\u00a0 They have a very modern, computerized system, and can find the map you want, and print it out on their plotters, for a pretty reasonable price.\u00a0 Definitely recommended.\u00a0 I have not yet explored whether they have the maps that are missing on their website, but my understanding is that full coverage of the country at the more detailed 100k and 50k scales is simply not available.<\/p>\n I’ve seen other good paper maps, but have not found them for sale.\u00a0 Someone is producing hiking maps with coverage of the main hiking areas of the country, and from what I have seen they look pretty good.\u00a0 I purchased a couple of maps from the series “Rutas de Viaje\/Journey Routes FOV,” but was not impressed.\u00a0 Although the map sheets are pretty big, much of the space is taken up by advertising and text and the maps themselves are not that impressive.<\/p>\n As I noted above, I use a number of software applications for mapping.<\/p>\n Google Earth and Google Maps<\/strong> are great for generally exploring around and getting an idea of what is where.\u00a0 You can also create a route in Google Earth and export it for use in your GPS, or open .gdb or .gpx files (among others) in Google Earth to review them against the map.\u00a0 Google Earth does a fair job of searching for locations.\u00a0 Google Maps can sometimes find a place that won\u2019t come up in Google Earth.\u00a0 Another way to search for a location or a feature is to go to Panoramio<\/strong><\/a> and search for a photo.\u00a0 Since the photos on Panoramio all have geographical information attached and are displayed against a map, if you can find a photo of what you are looking for on Panoramio, you can get the latitude and longitude of the place where it was taken for use in finding it on your maps.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t spent much time with Garmin\u2019s new software, BaseCamp<\/strong><\/a>, but I used its predecessor, MapSource, extensively.\u00a0 BaseCamp is free, and seems to make a good interface for the GPS.\u00a0 OSM maps load into it just like they did with MapSource, and once you have good maps in it, it is a reasonably useful trip planning tool, as well.<\/p>\n OziExplorer<\/strong><\/a> is about the most interesting piece of mapping software I have found.\u00a0 You can import any map you can get in a .jpg format \u2013 scans of topo maps, for example, or conversions from .pdf files (like the maps on the IGM website).\u00a0 Then, as long as you have the information on latitude and longitude, you can enter it and have a map where you can plot your gps routes and tracks, or plan your next trip.\u00a0 It can interact directly with your Garmin GPs, or even become a real time gps of itself, if you put it on a laptop, teathered to a gps, and take it into the field.\u00a0 About the only thing it can\u2019t do (sigh) is upload your topos onto your gps.\u00a0 This is commercial software, with a price tag of $109, but great commercial software.\u00a0 Take a look at the index feature, as well.\u00a0 As you put your maps into OziExplorer, it can create an index page showing the locations of all your maps on a less detailed map.\u00a0 you can zoom in by going to the more detailed maps, which can also be shown as indexes for the still more detailed maps.\u00a0 If you have a large collection of digital maps, this is an easy way of keeping track of them (once you carry out the time intensive work of getting the maps correctly calibrated).<\/p>\n Other Software Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n One problem with digital cartography is the multiplicity of formats for all the different software.\u00a0 As a result, you are likely to need some conversion utilities.\u00a0 I regularly use GPSBabel<\/strong><\/a> to convert between .gdb .gpx .kml and other formats gps information comes in.\u00a0 PDF Converter<\/strong><\/a> makes it easy to convert .pdf files to .jpg files, though I wish you could convert them in batches.\u00a0 And if you really get into Open Street Map, you will eventually want to get <\/strong>JOSM<\/strong><\/a>, the premiere OSM editor.\u00a0 Personally, though, I found the learning curve on JOSM to be fairly steep.\u00a0 And then, one easy cheat to put anything you can show on your screen into .jpg format very easily is the Snipping Tool<\/strong> found in the Accessories Menu under Windows.\u00a0 As stated above, I use Bentley View V8i<\/a> to review and convert the very interesting IGM .dgn maps.\u00a0 I\u2019m not that happy with the results from Bentley View, though, and continue to look for something else.<\/p>\n If you have other\/better information on maps in Bolivia or software, please share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diplomats are crazy about maps, and I am no exception.\u00a0 So if this post seems over the top, please chalk it up to my profession and just use what you find useful. My own preferences in maps, though I love them all, are topo maps and my GPS.\u00a0 When I\u2019m at home, Google Earth and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,60,58,57,91],"tags":[187,171,169,168],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> Open Street Map: The Free Wiki World Map<\/p>\n<\/a> Detail from the Open Street Map of La Paz, showing the U.S. Embassy and the Estado Mayor, where the Instituto Geographico Militar is located<\/p>\n<\/a> West Side of Tata Sajama, detail from IGM’s pdf version of its 1:50k topo, available online<\/p>\nDigital (or digitized) Maps<\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/a> Comanche, detail from a 250k .dng file available for free on the IGM website – so what’s the scale on this map now?<\/p>\nWhich Map(s) Do You Need?<\/h4>\n
Paper Maps<\/span><\/h4>\n
Software<\/span><\/h4>\n