To Groschats:
Your comments are a bit sweeping:
1/ MartinPierre (https://www.martinpierre.fr/pages/treks-en-afrique.html) and I have each, independently, completed over 2,000 km of treks in the Moroccan Atlas using these maps. For my part, mostly between 2012 and 2016 (so before the current OpentopoMap maps, which have only been very good for the last 3 or 4 years).
2/ The western part of the Atlas (west of Imlil), stretching 350 km and which I’ve crossed entirely, is poorly documented on Opentopomap: few trails marked, and, more importantly, VILLAGES. On treks lasting 3 to 4 weeks, it’s crucial to know how much food you need to carry.
Example of the Assif Tizirt valley (south of Imintanoute):
Opentopomap:
https://opentopomap.org/#map=14/30.87755/-8.81005
Old map (screenshot):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1parbOc9eHOCd9mcKiBO__RodYuaE_l9J
3/ Extensive hiking in the Atlas has shown us that almost none of the villages marked on these old maps (which were indeed created by French cartographers in the 1960s) have disappeared. Thanks to modern developments (road access, electricity, satellite TV, mobile phones, contraception), these villages have been repopulating for the past decade.
Conclusion: the two types of maps complement each other, and on my next trek, I’ll take both.
Side note: Here, the 1:25,000 IGN maps are still far superior to Opentopomap maps (I’m not even talking about the very latest IGN maps, whose quality the marketing teams rave about...).
view of the granary from the guesthouse
Hi everyone,
This isn’t a travel journal. I’m borrowing an idea from someone else who, a few years ago, thought of starting a thread to share their archived photos of this country.
I’ll be posting here from time to time—some less old, let’s say more or less recent, images. With little or no commentary. Just for the fun of it.
This isn’t a travel journal. I’m borrowing an idea from someone else who, a few years ago, thought of starting a thread to share their archived photos of this country.
I’ll be posting here from time to time—some less old, let’s say more or less recent, images. With little or no commentary. Just for the fun of it.
Gongshan, Nu Jiang Valley (Yunnan)
Mamzar Park
Kite Beach – Solemio section
Waterfront Market, fish side
Fruit and vegetable side
Iranian mosque right in the city
Indian thali
Afghan bakery
