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04/21/2016 09:33PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I am new to the use of a gps other than the phone for roads and the sonar units in my fishing boats. I have a lot to learn.

What can I expect to be able to find for maps, either free or for sale? I luckily got some permits to camp in the Lake O'Hara part of Yoho National Park to the west of Lake Louise in Canada. I thought that I would easily be able to locate some free trail maps to download, or at least some very local trail maps for sale. I haven't had much luck.

Am I looking in the wrong spots? Is this just something I likely have to do as a custom overlay map starting with Parks Canada pdf map?
 
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04/22/2016 07:25AM  
Shareware from GPS File Depot

Ibycus Canada Topo shown in BaseCamp.

Caltopo

butthead
 
04/22/2016 12:11PM  
Just to toss a teaser,

Canadian 50K Topo subscription map displayed on Delorme Topo10. This map can transfer to and be displayed on my PN series GPS units.

butthead
 
04/22/2016 04:40PM  
CalTopo is terrific. Thanks very much for the tip. I happily wasted a good chunk of my day poking around there!
 
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04/22/2016 07:18PM  
quote 3Ball: "CalTopo is terrific. Thanks very much for the tip. I happily wasted a good chunk of my day poking around there!"

Oh, my, yes. Easy to get lost poking around the layers. Along with the usual BWCAW curiosities, I spent a great deal of time with a 100+ year old map of the Perham area which marks old schoolhouses, roads, and towns that no longer exist. (Don't plan your next walleye fishing outing based on these lake depth markings, however.) :-)

 
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