Features & Benefits

People love to play with maps and the digital versions of our Backroad Mapbook maps allows you to do just that. They are available in several different file formats allowing you to use them with the main GPS compatible software programs and more recently Google Earth. We have even added the text in this time around. Now the only limitation with our books is your imagination.

Up-to-date Topographical Maps

We pride ourselves on having the most the most up-to-date topographical maps in Canada period. We have made a living by providing current logging or industrial road systems emphasizing recreational features. Don’t be mislead, the other GPS compatible map providers rely on the seriously out of date Canadian Topographic Maps that can be over 30 years out of date!

Google Earth Compatible

Loading up our maps into this free program and you literally have the world at your hands. Change perspective and drive or hike one of the roads or our trails with the surrounding mountains in the background, look at user submitted pictures of the area, or take advantage of one of the many other cool features. Needless to say this is exciting times and we want to be there with you.

OziExplorer, Fugawi & Memory Map Compatible

Our maps are provided in several different file formats to allow you to use them the way you want to. Prefer to use GPS compatible software like OziExplorer or Fugawi? Well we offer our maps in these formats too. Heck you can even print them from a PDF file.

GPS or PND Compatible

Our GPS compatible maps allow you to track yourself in another software and then transfer these tracks to or from a GPS device. Better yet, if you have a PDA or Personal Navigation Device (PND) and Bluetooth technology, you can load the maps right onto the PDA and see exactly where you are. Yes, this includes those using crackberries.

Track Yourself While Driving

So you have OziExplorer (or a Blackberry with Bluetooth technology), so what? Well one of the most useful features of these programs is to plug your GPS into your computer and enable the moving map feature of the program and physically see where you are driving. Let us tell you, it is easy to get lost in the backcountry without road signs. Now you know exactly where you are and you can see how to get out again.

Route Planning

Whether you use GPS compatible software of prefer exploring on Google Earth, there are many cool features to benefit from at home. From route planning to physically being able to see what type of terrain you are going to explore the possibilities are endless. You can even accurately measure the distance you have to drive or walk.

Maps Created at 1:50,000 Scale

See the map details like you never have before. Despite the scale shown in our mapbooks, the majority of our maps are prepared at the popular recreation scale of 1:50,000. By zooming into the maps you will see just how much detail we do provide and now have the flexibility of picking the scale of map you prefer to work with.

Seamless Maps

Geography is not limited by borders, so why do we? That is why our digital maps are seemless – to allow easier navigation between pages. Another recent improvement has been to make our map key seemless for OziExplorer users.

Writing

New to the Digital Edition’s is the fact we now include the text. The maps are what sell our books, but it is the reference section and pure number of individual listings that really amazes people. We spend countless hours researching and writing about the various recreational opportunities in each area. Fishing, paddling, hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, snowmobiling, ATVing, skiing, biking, touring…you name it, we cover it.

Index and Map Key

No mapbook would be complete without an index and map key. We now provide an index along with the traditional map key. Both will help you find a specific area or site and the appropriate reference page or map coordinate.