New Mexico Topo Map

Map Information

Created By: -Oz-
Last Updated: March 20th, 2016 6:03pm
Map Coverage:
North: 37°
West: -109.026° East: -103°
South: 31.3125°
Country: United States
State: New Mexico
Price: Free!

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Introduction

The purpose of this venture is to create a detailed topographic map of the entire state of New Mexico at 24k detail. This map is created for Garmin GPS receivers and BaseCamp. It received a complete overhauld in 2016.

Features

Roads - Interstates, highways, roads, limited unpaved roads (2015 Census Tiger Data)
Railroads
High resolution water data - lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, and washes
Federal Land Usage - Wilderness area, national parks, and military bases/ranges, native american reservations, some state parks
Borders - County and state boundary lines
Elevation contours - 24K:1 interval (standard USGS topos) with intervals varying between 10ft and 40ft
Points of Interest - search for summits, mines, falls, dams, cemeteries, towers, populated places, U.S. Forest Service recreation sites, etc.
Trails - trail coverage inside of the national parks/forests as well as state parks

Coverage

This map covers the entire state of New Mexico.

Screenshots

These two screenshots show the New Mexico Topo on a Garmin 60csx (night mode) On the left is the Rio Grande and two trails. On the right is Albuquerque at the I-25 I-40 interchange:

This screenshot demonstrates how this topo looks in the new version (6.14.X+) of Garmin MapSource:

This final screenshot compares the New Mexico Topo to Garmin's US Topo West and Garmin's Topo 2008:

Installation

Two options exist; for windows download and run setup. The map will then appear in Garmin BaseCamp and can be added to your GPS by selecting it in BaseCamp and sending it to the GPSr. For Mac download the mac version, extract it and double click the .gmapi file. Map Manager will then install the map for you.

Version 2.0 Released 20 March 2016
Download Windows Version [161MB] (42117 Downloads)
Download Mac Version [160MB] (9010 Downloads)

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GPS Usage

This map can be installed with any other Garmin Maps (How-To Tutorial). Then you simply hide and show other maps until you see the New Mexico Topo. For more detailed instructions check out this tutorial.

Support The Effort

Although this map is free, and always will be if you find the map useful please consider making a donation to offset software, hardware, and hosting costs. The link to donate is at the bottom of the page.

Changelog

Version 2.00 (20 Mar 16)

Upgraded the Windows installer to work with Windows 10 64-bit and BaseCamp
All updated data.
Change contour intervals to true 1:24K data
Updated roads
Updated water data
Updated federal lands data (added fish & wildlife refuges)
Updated GNIS points
Compiled with a different program
Reduced the number of map segments from 46 to 36
Increased segment size from 1 degree x 3/4 degree to ~1 degree x ~1 degree
Searchable Points of Interest
Symbols for Interstates and US Hwys

Version 1.50 (23 Oct 11)

Upgraded the Windows installer to correct an issue with Windows 7 64bit Basecamp

Version 1.50 (25 Oct 10)

Increased the number of trails included in the map
Fixed a glitch with missing data on the state border
Decreased contour interval to 30ft
Added National Park Service campsites and trails
Includes Albuquerque City Parks and Open Space including trails
Updated roads data
Updated water data
Updated points of interest
Created searchable points of interest

Version 1.00 (20 Sep 08)

Initial release
Note: Hospital POI may have issues; report any errors you find