Fri - January 27, 2006

DeLORME Atlas & Gazetteer Series


Delorme Colorado Atlas


After playing with Google maps something much more low tech in my maps and navigation department: DeLORME Atlas and Gazetteer Series.

I have been using 2nd edition of Colorado Atlas since 1995. It is the most used and worn out one from all my books. I have just order the most recent 7th edition. The new Atlas has somewhat different look with shading added to topo maps. The scale of maps of mountain Colorado is 1:160,000. Unfortunately, the eastern part of the state which is the most interesting for me is represented with scale of 1:320,000.

I am using this atlas mostly for driving and searching for a road access to rivers of northern and eastern Colorado: South Platte, Cache la Poudre, Big Thompson, Saint Vrain. I have also bought DeLORME Atlases for Wyoming (North Platte River) and Nebraska (Dismal River) and Florida for planning WaterTribe Challenges.

I've looked at the Texas Atlas (1:400,000) but I haven't bought it. I was mostly interested in the course of Texas Water Safari: San Marcos and Guadelupe Rivers. However, the Texas Atlas doesn't show all details and even not all roads crossing these rivers. Texas is just too big for detailed maps in one book.

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