Topo Maps

[chris.enlow]

Just wanted to porovide the following link:
 
http://www.ineter.gob.ni/Direcciones/Geodesia/SeccionMapas/VisorMapas1.htm
free topo maps

It took me quite some time googling to find this info. 

[Joshua Berman]

Awesome find, Chris! Thanks for posting this. Great tool for finding surf breaks, volcanoes, and old roads, though I wish you could zoom more on the maps.

[Randall Wood]

I do too, but the purpose of the web page is to provide a catalog of the maps.  Moon Handbooks provides a decent list of maps worth obtaining for simple or seriously-off road travel, and the INETER maps are the best.

Interestingly, they were all produced by the Soviets during the Sandinista years.  I had a set of about 8-10 of these maps back in '00 and the topography had been surveyed back to the early 1980s according to the inscriptions on the maps.  Topography doesn't change much, of course, so they're still a great resource for travelers.  Take along a compass and some common sense and have fun!

[Nicarao]

Randy,

a new topograpic maps (scale 1.500.000, double sided printed, GPS-able) is published by

Mapas NaTurismo
Offenbacher Landstr. 29
63500 Seligenstadt

You can contact the cartographer salsa_klaus@yahoo.de.

The price is for the states USD 7 additional shipping costs.

saludos
Nicarao