Waterproof Costa Rica Map (Map)

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Product Description

Folded travel map in color with highways, roads and traveler's information. Distinguishes 4 levels of highways and roads, including seasonal roads and tracks. Color changes show elevation levels. Includes national parks and eco-tourist sites, locations of beaches and other places of interest. Icons locate archeological sites, hotels, museums, beaches, active volcanoes, surfings sites, filling stations, bird sanctuaries, border crossings, palm groves, lighthouses, reefs, swamps. Icons distinguish international airports, domestic airports and landing strips. Inset maps include downtown San Jose and the San Jose environs (airport locator map). Index to help locate towns and cities. Latitude/longitude grid. Printed on two sides. Waterproof. Scale 1:300,000. As of 2008, the current printing of this map has weak folds that are prone to splitting. This item is comparable to the National Geographic Waterproof Costa Rica Map (ISBN 1566951755) and the Toucan Waterproof Map of Costa Rica. An alternative by ITMB is the Costa Rica paper version (ISBN 1553411781).

About the Author

ITMB Publishing (International Travel Maps and Books) of Vancouver, Canada, has published detailed reference and travel maps of countries, regions, and cities around the world since 1985. The company's titles include many that are unique or the first of their kind, including the first commercially available travel map of South America.

Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: ITMB Publishing; 2006 edition (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1553411803
• ISBN-13: 978-1553411802
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 3.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #130,033 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not great, but as good as commonly available, October 19, 2005

By	C. Harvey (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The ITP map is generally reliable in my experience, but the closer you look the less help it is. Don't count on it alone for back country travel or, for that matter, for suburban areas. It is not like an AAA map in the USA. It won't, for example, tell you if there's a bridge or a ford at remote stream crossings. That said, I have not found a better map of CR. The National Geographic map is good, too -- Better in some ways, especially topographic detail, but omits many tiny villages, etc found on the ITP. I now carry both.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get a free map once you get into the country, March 15, 2006

By	R. Nelson (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very nice map, but I got an equally detailed map for free from the tourist information office once I got into the country. The main difference between the two maps was that the free one wasn't waterproof.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best map of Costa Rica available, January 30, 2007

By	A. Smith (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There aren't any maps commercially available (that I've ever found) that have very much detail for the small villages and more remote areas of the country, but this map has the best detail for what is available. The print is large enough to read with out squinting too badly, the layout and extra information about the locations of parks, etc. is very helpful and easy to understand, and this map even has markings for gas stations near the major cities.

They only way to find your way around in the more remote areas of the country is to ask a local once you are there. Usually if you show them your map they are happy to point out where the smaller roads should be, where they might get washed out, etc.