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Golden Bay

Golden Bay, the north-western end of New Zealand’s South Island at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured and GPS compatible maps from NewTopo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, and symbols to show locations of various facilities including campsites. The map shows a selections of local hiking and tramping tracks, indicating those suitable for mountain biking. Contour interval is 20m. In addition to the NZ national grid the map has lines for latitude and longitude at intervals of 10’.Maps in the series from NewTopo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking and tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles - please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to
indicate various types of the terrain and vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, sand, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks and routes, walking tracks, and waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84).To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Golden Bay, the north-western end of New Zealand’s South Island at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities including campsites. The map shows a selections of local hiking & tramping tracks, indicating those suitable for mountain biking. Contour interval is 20m. In addition to the NZ national grid the map has lines for latitude & longitude at intervals of 10’. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Stanfords
Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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