The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part three.

The Copper Canyon had provided its fair share of ups and downs. Both literally and figuratively. This graph plotting the altitude recorded by our GPS  tells the story best. The lowest points on the drive were close to sea level, with the roads reaching the altitude of 2500m above sea level (8200 feet). Combined with all the […]

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The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part two.

So how far can two overland monkeys with no maps get exploring the infamously labyrinthine roads of Mexico’s Copper Canyon region? It turns out that they can make it pretty far. The Copper Canyon region actually consists of several different canyons covering an area approximately six or seven times larger than the Grand Canyon in the United […]

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The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part one.

We left with a Map. Well, OK, that isn’t entirely true. We left with a scrap of paper with the names of a couple of towns we would need to drive through written on it. Since we were in the neighbourhood, we thought we might as well pay a visit to the famous Copper Canyon […]

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Maps: We"re going digital and paper

Again, Life Remotely  has been a great source of information for us while we prepare for our epic adventure. We opted to use our ~5 year old Garmin GPS in combination with printed maps. Our Garmin has maps of the US and Canada already install…

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Where are we now?

We found this nifty way to make a travel map, which shows most of the stops from our trip this far. We’ll update this periodically. View Full Size Travel Map at Travellerspoint

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LUST: The Essential Geography of the USA Map

The coolest competition (well, for geography nerds like me) that you’ve probably never heard of is the Cartography and Geographic Information Society’s annual contest.  Each year a Best of Show is chosen, and for most of the last several forevers it’s been...
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“Mapping with Google” Course Keeps You on Track

Are you getting ready for you next big adventure behind the wheel but you’re not quite sure the best way to do some route planning? We’ve been big fans of Google spatial products for years.  They somehow manage to cram seemingly endless amounts of what I’m sure is very...
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