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We
have a wide selection of different kind of maps: road maps,
topographic, especial for trekking or even some decorative
ones that you can use as gift or souvenir. The
maps cover all Chile and some areas in Argentina, especially
some National Parks, trekking and mountaineering zones.
Besides
the direct selling of our products at our store in Pucón,
we also send them to customers in other towns within Chile
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JLM Mattassi |
Also
known as "red maps" or "maps 123 Entel"
(the sponsor). It is a series of maps in different scales
that cover most of Chile, with the only exception of the area
between Antofagasta and Los Vilos. Other than most road maps,
they have contour lines --information especially appreciated
by bikers. They don't get updated very frequently; thereafter
some roads shown as gravel may be paved by now. The maps in
large scale sometimes show roads inside private estates, where
it is not allowed to trespass.
The maps with trekking details have extra information like
campsites, time for the walks and possible dangers or hazard
zones. They are very useful, but do not have enough coordinates
to be used along with a GPS.
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Aoneker |
New series of maps made by a group of topographers and mountaineers.
They cover different National Parks and mountains in both
Argentina and Chile. Excellent geographic information, contour
lines and relief, with grid and coordinates in UTM and Long./Lat.
(WGS84) plus magnetic declination. They are very good for
trekking purpouses and can be used along with a GPS. They
show regular paths and also some less used, but not all maps
include campsites and times for walks.
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TrekkingChile / VíaChile Editores |
It is a publisher that had only recently begun working with
the edition of maps. Besides a road map of whole Chile 1:1.000.000,
based on satellite images, they have also maps of Putre/Lauca,
San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago, Condor Circuit, Nevados de
Chillán and Pucón. Most of them show both UTM
coordinates and Lat./Long. According to the scale used, they
have special information for trekking and mountain bike purposes.
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Turistel Maps and Guides / Chiletur Copec |
The road maps that come with the Turistel guides and its offsprings
(Guía Copec, etc.) are regularly updated and are, usually,
very accurate when it comes to road information. They are
published as a booklet, cutting Chile from north to south
in several pieces. The scale is bigger in the central zone
(more detailled map) and smaller in the country's far ends.
Some editions include relifs, but no counter lines.
The guides also bring larger maps of touristic zones, and
very useful city maps.
In 2009, the Copec fuel company bought the publication rights
and edits now the guide as "Chiletur Copec". They
are almost the same as Turistel (they used the same material),
being the main difference the lack of publicity for hotels,
stores, agencies, etc. In the maps, only Copec gas stations
are mentioned
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Condormaps |
These are decorative maps with panoramic views, like the "sight
from a bird". They have been drawn by the German artist
Alexander Königs (www.panoramakarte.de)and
printed in 300 grams couchée paper. They cover from
Temuco souhtwards, plus Santiago. Due to its especial characteristics,
they are meant as souvenir, and not to be used as travel information.
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Antique Maps |
These are decorative maps, with cartographic representations
of South America from the 17th and 18th centuries. They are
printed in thick linen paper, which makes them easy to frame
and hang on the wall.
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IGM 1:50.000 |
These maps are made by the Chilean "Instituto Geográfico
Militar" (Army's Geographic Institute), and hence, they
are the cartographic base for all other maps in the country.
They are very detailled when it comes to water courses, soil
use, contour lines, and heights (except for the highest mountains,
which sometimes have no information). Their biggest flaw is
that they are not updated, and considering that some were
made as far back as the seventies, the information about roads
is completely wrong. Neither they show the paths inside the
National Parks. They were elaborated using the Datum Provisorio
Sudamericano 1956; some sheets also bring printed information
UTM WGS 84. The most recent maps --after year 2000-- have
a new and better design, with superior quality.
The IGM maps 1:50.000 are useless for tourists, but they provide
great help for people buying land, or asking for water rights;
or for those who need more precise geographic information.
We have a stock of IGM maps of Pucón and its surroundigs
at our store. We can also arrange to get special charts that
you can get later at our store. But if you are not in the
Pucón area, please contact directly the Instituto Geográfico
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