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Buying Swiss maps

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I need to get hold of two copies of a map - "Zermatt / Gornergrat 1:25,000 ‘Landeskarte Der Schweiz’ No. 2515"

Anyone have any ideas of good places to look online?
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http://www.swisstopo.ch/en/
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http://www.themapshop.co.uk/
Best map shop in UK
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incidentally, if that's for skiing it's the wrong map.
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pretty sure that's the one i used for my off piste course. Think i got it from Stanfords.
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Stanfords in London have a website www.stanfords.co.uk
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beanie1 wrote:
pretty sure that's the one i used for my off piste course. Think i got it from Stanfords.


It might be the recommended one on a course. The actual ski maps are better in practise though, they're 1:50000, mark the lifts, ski routes and have a simple coding for slopes over 30'. The 1:25000 doesn't really give any more usable detail, there's no extra features contained on the 1:25000's compared to the 1:50000's. I think that's the reason Swisstopo/SwissSki do them at this scale, it's just more practical and more usable.

Even for summer use the 1:50000's are more practical, it's the nature of the terrain. It's not like the UK OS maps where the 1:25000's are always better. There's only so much feature on a mountain or glacier so after a certain point you're overzoomed.
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It's not like the UK OS maps where the 1:25000's are always better.


Not necessarily, there are areas of the UK where the 1:25000 become too clutered and it's easier to nav from the 1:50000.
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Swirly wrote:
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It's not like the UK OS maps where the 1:25000's are always better.


Not necessarily, there are areas of the UK where the 1:25000 become too clutered and it's easier to nav from the 1:50000.


I was rather thinking of hiking where it is the case. In urban settings it's going to be a little different.
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It's defo the one BASI recommend. But no harm in turning up with both.

Thanks for the pointers.
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ise, I'm talking about places like the Cairngorms and Glencoe. I haven't been to Skye but I imagine the Cuillins would be easier to nav with a 1:50000 too. The 1:25000 maps of these areas have too much detail.
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