Recommend best layer for Baja Mexico
I'm an early adopter of Gaia and have been using the app on my iPhone and iPad for camping in Baja Mexico for the last three years. With each update, I've found the app to become more intuitive, organized and convenient. I was especially pleased when on one update I could download an area, rather than download a huge rectangle stretching from the Caribbean to Hawaii to get the thin needle of Baja mapped onto my device. I recommend it to anyone who will listen. My question is about which layers people are using for streets AND topography in Mexico. I've been using World Topo and World Road layers, but am wondering with all the recent additions and updates if you've found something better. Though those two are good, my experience is they are a little bit wonky as far as the clarity of the image on my screen, despite my best efforts to download at highest resolution. Thanks in advance.
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Have you tested Gaia Topo? Here is an example in Baja: https://www.gaiagps.com/map/?lat=31.8590&lon=-116.6570&zoom=12&layer=GaiaTopoRasterFeet
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Thanks Ashli - Also wondering what folks are using for streets/roads in Baja - World Road or Mapbox? Any others?
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I was in Baja Dec 15. I'll have to see what maps I used. Of course that's a long time ago in the mapping world. Is there a particular area you were looking for? I was only in San Felipe down to Sanfrancisquito though. If you import your own custom maps I believe Google road maps are available.
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Thanks ckracht - didn't think about importing. We're heading to the Pacifici Side south of Guerrero Negro. So many updates this year I'm trying to keep up - quality problems. Over the last few years I've used the World layers. It is looking like Gaia Topo and World Road are showing me what I want to see.
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