GPS for trekking routes in Nepal
Posted in: Blog on June 18th, 2010 | Comments: 2
A GPS map route of the lower Dolpa circuit
For most of the established treks in Nepal, GPS can be helpful, but is not really necessary. If you start getting up into wilds, traversing seldom used cols or crossing featureless terrain, then GPS can be a useful back up, but still not replacement for map, compass and having the good navigational skills to be able to use them.
GPS is very useful however to see where others have been, to be able to plot that easily on maps, show all of the trekking options available on a map of Nepal and perhaps for accurate recording of water supplies, camping spots or places of interest.
A short search on the web reveals just a few GPS files available for download of just a few treks, predictably the Everest base camp trek and Annapurna circuit (GPS file here) but there are also GPS way points for the excellent Dolpa circuit, which the GPS informs has around 9000m vertical ascent over 12-14 days!
There are also further resources here on everytrail.com although, again, few treks. If you have any GPS waypoint files that you think would be useful to share here with others, please get in touch now using the form below.
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Tags: gps, map of nepal, waypoints
This site also has GPS waypoints for:
* Langtang
* Jiri to Everest
* Gokyo, Cho La & Everest
* Makalu
* Around Annapurna
* Annapurna Sanctuary
* Miscellaneous waypoints by Ranjan Rajbhandari
See: http://gpsnepal.com/index.php
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Comment by admin — August 19, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
This is another GPS file for the Annapurna circuit from Manuel Möller http://www.manuelm.org (Thanks Manuel).
Download it here: http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/wp-content/uploads/AnnapurnaCircuit.gpx_.zip (452KB)
A more complete download can be found here however: http://www.gps-tour.info/de/touren/detail.15277.html
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Comment by admin — August 26, 2010 @ 3:08 pm