1 comments about The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas.

1. This is a wonderful glimpse into the development of detailed maps of Central America. It expresses the necessity of a country to be aware of the resources it possesses and the lengths to which it must go to obtain this information. Another good book along these same lines is "Mapping and Empire" by Matthew Edney, which describes the process of mapmaking the British government undertook in India. Overall, this is a great book.

No comments about The Pteridophytes of Mexico - Part 1 (Descriptions and Maps) (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 88(1)).

1 comments about Mexico Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map).

1. This map lacks details and minor roads. For travelers exploring the back roads of Mexico, it's virtually useless. Also lacks city maps for some of the major cities. Not worth buying.

5 comments about TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps, New Mexico.

1. Good product and fairly easy to use. The software allows you create straightforward topo maps at whatever scale you desire. I am an archaeologist and most mapping software is extremely expensive. TOPO! is reasonable priced and produces quality results.
   
   The only reason I did not give 5-stars is because the waypoint labeling information is cumbersome and difficult to edit.



2. After spending $250 on a GPS, $40 on a memory card, and $100 on this software (all at the advice of REI (yeah, I bought it from REI, not Amazon)), I saw that the fine print of the software says you can't download the maps to your GPS.
   
   What's the point of having maps sitting on your computer hard drive that you can't download to your GPS? My computer hard drive isn't going hiking. My computer hard drive isn't hunting for difficult-to-find street. My computer hard drive isn't doing a search and rescue mission. Oh, but if your computer hard drive ever DOES want to go hiking, it won't get lost. You, on the other hand, will be lost and out $80-$100 if you buy this software.
   
   If you thought National Geographic was a reputable organization, they're not! (And I guess the same is true of REI.) And does Amazon warn you about this -- not that I've found so far.



3. I bought this software based on the belief it would show trail maps for hiking. Trail maps are only available via a download (not a big deal), but trail maps for PA and NJ don't exist!!!
   
   If you want maps that show existing trail maps for hiking in PA, do not purchase this software.



4. This product is very hard to use, especially if you are trying to download it to a Magellan Triton 500. Not user friendly or intuitive at all.



5. 
   This two-state edition has five discs - one installation and four for all the regions. All information is in USGS 1:100,000 scale for road and very good hiking mapping and navigation. Its all very, very easy to learn and includes cool features to customize your maps like adding notes, showing your trails and routes, elevation profiles for hiking mountains and a 3D feature. This allows you to actually view your route as your travel in simulation at varying angles. The `Search' feature is very handy in locating just about anything you are looking for in that section/region of the map. You can zoom into five different levels of detail and print out any portion of that map. If your GPS allows you to import information, you can upload your personalized map to it. You can also import most GPS information into your computer onto the topographic maps, such as .gpx files and geocache information. TOPO! National Geographic is the best in mapping information for GPS or everyday route or hiking planning.
   
   I had a Magellan Triton that claims you could download the maps to your Triton handheld, but that software is flawed and I had to return the Triton four times. Now that I have a Garmin, I can download info to my PC and use the National Geographic TOPO! information, but I still cannot import maps into my Garmin (just geocache information). I specifically got this set for the Adirondacks. I also have National Geographic Adirondack 3D Explorer, but I wanted to have information for areas immediately outside of the park as well.

1 comments about Rand McNally Albuquerque New Mexico Local Street Detail.

1. A couple of years ago, I got involved in creating the (currently stalled) Albuquerque Urban Trail--a proposed long-distance hiking trail that would run from the volcanoes on Albuquerque's west side to Sandia Peak on its east, zigzagging for over 200 miles into its every district along the way--and this was the map used to plot it out.
   This map was perfect for the job, too, because of its detail and its completeness. It's a good map, and because of my work with that trail I've bought nearly a dozen copies of it.
   I'll just say this: if you need a map of Albuquerque, then get this one. I can almost guarantee it will be more than sufficient for your needs. All the streets are here, the arroyos, the parks, the geographical features, and it's well-indexed and laid out.
   It's good. You'll like it.

1 comments about MapEasy's Guidemap to Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Taos.

1. MapEasy's Guidemap to Santa Fe was publishd in 1997, which means it was worked up in 96. The streets may not have moved [with some notable exceptions], but a number of establishments located on the maps have closed, been re-named or changed. Were it up to date, I'd give it 4 stars.
   
   I enjoy MapEasy products as they help one locate sites in neighborhoods, not just addresses. It's fun to use these to plan out a daily excursion on foot, or help in chosing restaurants and hotels in specific areas because they include drawings and names of establishments at their exact mapped location.
   
   The Santa Fe map was great fun to carry around while looking for museums and attractions, and choice places to shop, eat and have a drink were clearly placed when I used it some 8 years ago, but on a recent trip, I had to put it aside as it caused confusion and disappointment based on it's obsolescence.
   
   I cannot recommend using this dated map until it's been revised and updated, which I hope will happen.
   
   A guide book from the series Access, Santa Fe, operates much the same, but with more information on destinations and attractions, similarly located on neighborhood maps . It too is outdated, being published in 1999, but a new edition is coming out November 30, 2006, according to it's listing here at Amazon. I recommend waiting for it.

1 comments about New Mexico Map (State Maps-USA).

1. All the route information you could want while traveling through
   the State Of New Mexico and then some.
   Excellent !

No comments about Rand McNally Santa Fe/Taos New Mexico Local Street Detail.

5 comments about New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer.

1. Not only is it an easy to follow road map but it includes points of interest with descriptions... A 'must have' for a tourist in a new territory to be discovered!



2. I have been driving around New Mexico for the month of October. I have a Lowrance GPS that has been terrific. I have also been using Delorme's New Mexico Atlas to allow me to see bigger picture issues and to strategize where I want to go. They have been a great combination for me.
   
   The only negative -- and it is a very small negative -- is that it did not have some streets in newly developing areas in Las Cruces. For that matter, neither did my GPS, and I just installed the latest update to its database in September.



3. Has great detail of all of New Mexico. My wife and I will be taking a vacation there soon and this will help us a lot.



4. An indispensable addition to your travel planning for New Mexico! Buy one and you'll find you'll want more DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteers for traveling in other states!



5. I have a Tennessee map and it shows the contours with 100 foot intervals. Although this map does give some elevation points, it does not show the contours.

4 comments about Benchmark New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas, 10th Anniversary Edition (Benchmark Map: New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas).

1. My copy of the fourth edition of this map is worn out from use. Many of its pages have been torn out for backpacking or hitchhiking trips and then taped back in, many of my favorite roads have been highlighted and annotated, and its corners are all bent and scuffed from the map being stuffed beneath car seats and thrown into tents. I like that edition a lot, but I've always had complaints about it: its contents were detailed and accurate, but hard to access...it had maps of both public and private and urban areas, but were hard to correlate with one another. And there were certain areas that weren't noted, and that should have been.
   However, with the latest addition of Benchmark's "New Mexico Road and Recreation and Atlas," almost all of my complaints have faded away, and my opinion of this map and this company have risen considerably.
   Where before the information was hard to access, now the back of the mapbook has the entire state divided into a simple numbered grid, and every number over every area corresponds to a page on the map.
   For instance, say I want to see a map of the Bootheel area. On the back it's labeled 48. I turn to page 48, and there it is, in full detail.
   Then, if I'd like to see a map of that same area, but with the public lands featured more prominently, I just look on the top of the page I was on, page 48, and it tells me clearly, and with a diagram, to turn to page 80. and on page 80, there's exactly what I needed. Hooray!
   It's great. If I had any complaints about it, it's that La Madera Road, my favorite dirt road of all time--between San Antonito and Madrid--could have a little more detail, and a few more of that area's ghost towns and historic features could have been noted. Overall however, I would recommend this map to anyone, as one of the very best I've seen of the state. (Now I want to buy their maps for the other Four Corners states as well.) I'm sure in a few years my new copy will look even more beat up than my last copy--and I can't wait to start to make it look that way.



2. I prefer the New Mexico Atlas and Gazetteer over the Benchmark New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas. The reason is that the gazetteer shows state and federal lands - places where I'm not tresspassing. That's important to me. I carry them both, but the gazetteer gets used much more.



3. Go out and get these maps. If you enjoy route planning and adventure traveling you will love these maps. I have them all. If you are route planning with Garmin software you WILL NEED these maps for the perspective and valuable information.



4. I find the details of Benchmark maps to be much more accurate than the DeLorme series. On a recent trip to New Mexico, we ran into several errors with the DeLorme, which caused us to have to re-trace our route a number of miles each time.