Sarah in SC
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I figure we've got to have some map geeks around these parts!
I am accumulating the best paper maps I can find and/or print from the internet of the road system in Peru, in preparation for our trip there at the end of the year.
I realize that computer and GPS applications will be folly in the parts of the country we'll be going, and mostly we'll be relying on local information (ie the road is washed out and there's the detour) to make changes along the way, so I want to have the maps actually in hand on the mototaxi.
Our trip will begin in Cusco and end in Piura, a coastal town in Northern Peru. I've been trying to calculate distances and figure out a reasonable expectation of how far we can go each day (the idea is that you can make it in 2 weeks). There's a thread explaining the rally here.
I have been looking into a nifty little tool called a Scalex map wheel. We will also take a puck compass with us. Are there any other tools or suggestions for route planning that I should consider? I've written to the South American Explorers Club as well, as they appear to offer route planning assistance for members.
Thanks for any ideas. Also, how do you accommodate for terrain when plotting distance? We'll be up and down the Andes Mountains in these little mototaxies and I suspect we'll be pushing up the steepest inclines!
I expect that we'll be on mapped, paved roads for part of the time and mapped, unpaved roads a good bit of the time. Hoping not to spend a whole lot of time on unmapped, unpaved roads or in hostage negotiations either.
I am accumulating the best paper maps I can find and/or print from the internet of the road system in Peru, in preparation for our trip there at the end of the year.
I realize that computer and GPS applications will be folly in the parts of the country we'll be going, and mostly we'll be relying on local information (ie the road is washed out and there's the detour) to make changes along the way, so I want to have the maps actually in hand on the mototaxi.
Our trip will begin in Cusco and end in Piura, a coastal town in Northern Peru. I've been trying to calculate distances and figure out a reasonable expectation of how far we can go each day (the idea is that you can make it in 2 weeks). There's a thread explaining the rally here.
I have been looking into a nifty little tool called a Scalex map wheel. We will also take a puck compass with us. Are there any other tools or suggestions for route planning that I should consider? I've written to the South American Explorers Club as well, as they appear to offer route planning assistance for members.
Thanks for any ideas. Also, how do you accommodate for terrain when plotting distance? We'll be up and down the Andes Mountains in these little mototaxies and I suspect we'll be pushing up the steepest inclines!
I expect that we'll be on mapped, paved roads for part of the time and mapped, unpaved roads a good bit of the time. Hoping not to spend a whole lot of time on unmapped, unpaved roads or in hostage negotiations either.