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I found this site, http://www.travelbygps.com/premium/chile/torres.php , and although pricey it seems like a legit routable map for Garmins.
Has anyone used it?

4heid wrote:I found this site, http://www.travelbygps.com/premium/chile/torres.php , and although pricey it seems like a legit routable map for Garmins.
Has anyone used it?

Looks like they were marketing it for Torres del Paine use. Why would anyone need it, if just going to the park? The park is well signed and you are obligated to remain on the marked trails.

Besides, the advertising is hokey: " High alpine meadows with crystal clear water," when they should say Andean meadows and glacial milk mixed with giardia and E coli.

If it might be used for the rest of the country, it might be interesting to see if they used the IGM database, which has some holes in it.

My past experience with Garmin GPS maps of this region ( I live near Torres del Paine) turned up some pretty serious errors. It would take some work to convince me that Garmin has done their homework.

Here's all you need for all its worth, not much.

GPS readings for Torres Del Paine circuit. Chile South America
Use at your own risk

Location South West Elevation in M

Guarderia Laguna Amarga 50 58’ 45.7” 72 48’ 01.7” 79m
Hosteria Las Torres drop off 50 58’ 07.0” 72 52’ 11.2” 139m
Refugio Chileno 50 57’ 26.0” 72 54’ 38.5” 410m
Las Torres veiwpoint 50 56’ 35.2” 72 56’ 55.7” 880m
Camping Serron 50 52’ 05.5” 72 53’ 35.9” 166m
Camp site on way to Dickson 50 51’ 45.9” 72 58’ 15.6” 144m
Refugio Dickson 50 52’ 45.3” 73 04’ 31.6” 210m
Camping Los Perros 50 55’ 52.4” 73 08’ 00.3” 188m
Paso John Gardner 50 56’ 28.8” 73 11’ 09.5” 1192m
1st good camp site 50 57’ 28.0” 73 12’ 00.4” 484m
Camping Las Guardia 50 59’ 05.1” 73 10’ 57.7” 474m
Refugio Grey 51 00’ 25.0” 73 10” 50.0” 37m
Refugio Pehoe 51 04’ 13.2” 73 05’ 31.7” 57m
Camping Italiano 51 01’ 24.4” 73 02’ 31.2” 46m
Refugio Los Cuernos 51 01’ 27.2” 72 59’ 09.0” 61m

i thought the same at first but the screenshots at the bottom show other areas. I also have something I downloaded from someone that has Chilean maps and the streets of Santiago but it seems hard to find someone that has something legit that works.
In any case their screenshots look professional, just looking for clarification before spending that much.
It is confusing how they have it written.

thanks guys, to clarify again, i am looking for Garmin routable maps for all of chile, this site confuses Torres del Paine as being part of or the only focus of their software based on the info at the bottom.

I purchased software for a Garmin I bought in the USA I purchased it some big mall in Santiago for 56,000CLP has maps, interesting sites and streets of cities in Chile but it is not complete as there are many streets not listed but most of the major streets are.

1. buy it from the people who make it....

http://www.garmin.cl/nt.html

there is a list of stores there, buying from a 3rd party is asking for trouble.

2. there is no complete map of chile, it will be along time until that happens especially if the government isnt behind it..

3. Maps in santiago are often wrong thanks to the idiots who dont know how to drive a car re rourting the directions all the time,

I use ndrive chile i paid $50 for the software installed on my android phone, it works good enough, but i use it kinda as a map that follows me than a GPS that i obey!

good luck

p.d its not a garmin oficial map, its a map made by the garmin reseller in santiago....

This post is very useful...thanks a lot for sharing....

eagle677 wrote:I purchased software for a Garmin I bought in the USA I purchased it some big mall in Santiago for 56,000CLP has maps, interesting sites and streets of cities in Chile but it is not complete as there are many streets not listed but most of the major streets are.

I did the same. We drove from Santiago to Hornopiren -and everything in between- with no problems at all. I think I paid around 49.000 pesos. It really surprised me the accuracy of the map.