| Maps
of Mexico Last update 14 December 2007 |
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Print Maps: In the USA or Canada it is easy to find good, up-to-date road maps of those countries, but this is not true of Mexico. All the road maps of Mexico that I have seen for sale in the USA are inadequate, inaccurate and out of date. By far the best Mexican road maps are made in Mexico by Guía Roji. They make a huge variety of maps -- country, state and city maps as well as an atlas which I use. Here are links to on-line stores where you can order them. Note that these stores sell other brands of maps, so be sure you are ordering Guía Roji if you want the best. I recommend their Atlas for greatest detail. Guía Roji has very good street maps of several cities in Mexico. http://beta.guiaroji.com.mx/ The site also has a catalog of their highway maps. http://tienda.guiaroji.com.mx/Default.aspx The default language of the website is Spanish, but English is available by a click in the upper right corner.
http://www.mexicomaps.com/index.lasso?id=BD9D4FDB1dfb62C17DgHm40DFB3A
offers Guía Roji maps and many others including a typographical
map of Copper Canyon and several GPS maps. |
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On-Line Maps: http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=440 This website has highly detailed maps of the states in Mexico plus a 2-part map of DF. They are in a PDF format which can be zoomed and saved to your hard drive, but they cannot be printed. They are for sale in a large format. http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=442 contains a number of route maps from various cities to DF. These two maps are by the Secretaria de Comunicaciones Y Transportes (SCT) They are the most detailed maps I have found. http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/ This site provides highly detailed information on the location and population of even the tiniest villages. The search is State>Municipality>town. I think this one is amazing. A good on-line map and trip planner can be found at http://mappoint.msn.com/(l42a22n11w50b33jquvtkz45)/directionsfind.aspx?&src=MP®n2=0 Another trip planner website using a less graphical mapping technology http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mrfn This map site offers
detailed maps of the Texas/Mexico border crossing towns in the lower Rio
Grand area: There is a lot of useful information here: http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/ And here: http://mexicochannel.net/maps_en.htm This one is especially for RVers: http://www.ontheroadin.com/ Archeological sites map: (neat stuff
here) http://www.ancientmexico.com/content/map/index.html |
| MEXICAN TOLL ROADS This website gives a cartoon route map, mileage (kilometers), typical drive time and tolls (pesos) for travel between any two points on the Mexican toll road system. It's in Spanish. GPS Maps: General information about GPS and product recommendations: http://www.bicimapas.com.mx/Mapas_GPS.htm bilingual Vendors: http://www.mexicomaps.com/index.lasso?id=BD9D4FDB1dfb62C17DgHm40DFB3A http://www.travelbygps.com/maps/mexico.php http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/product.asp?PRODID=1233
http://www.gmap.com.mx/ in Spanish |
| Geographical Maps:
INEGI = Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática is a government agency that makes and sells a wide variety of geographical maps. They have stores in most larger cities. It's a toy store for map lovers. They
have a wonderful on-line map in Spanish that takes a little playing with
to learn how to use, but if you need to know about mountains, valleys
and rivers, it's great. And finally, Google Earth presents interesting and informative views of Mexico (and any where else). http://earth.google.com/ |