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Mon 07 Nov, 2016 7:55 pm
Planning a trek from east to west coast of Indonesian borneo (Kalimantan) but am having problems finding any descent topo maps. Anyone had any luck finding descent maps for this area or other areas of Indonesia?
Cheers,
Sat 10 Dec, 2016 7:12 pm
You could ask
http://sandakanspirit.com/They do the Sandakan death march. They have Australian guides.
Fri 20 Jan, 2017 9:00 pm
I think you will struggle to get accurate contour maps of Indonesia - they tend to be a little paranoid about invasion.
I have a 1:2 million map of Kalimantan and a 1:800,000 map of KalBar showing kampung, roads etc.
- KalBar
What sort of 'trek' are you planning? something like Eric Hansen?
I lived and worked in Pontianak for a couple of years and travelled inland a few times as far as Sintang.
Fri 20 Jan, 2017 9:12 pm
Selamat jalan, hati hati
Mon 08 Oct, 2018 2:31 pm
The best I ended up with were old world war 2 maps, which have big blank spots and admit to being inaccurate in the more rugged country.
Mon 08 Oct, 2018 2:56 pm
Even on OSM, there’s precious little entry apart from known roads.
Mon 08 Oct, 2018 5:03 pm
So, bb, how did the trek go? What route? Jananglah malu!
Wed 10 Oct, 2018 6:52 am
The Trek was great, just to experience the equatorial Jungle, wildlife was difficult to see as the area is pretty heavily hunted by the local Dayaks. Our route took us from upstream of Long Apari across the foothills of the Mueller Mountains out onto the Bongan River, was supposed to be a 7 day hike but we cut it a day short as my mate got crook.
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