Trans America Trail - 2008

Maps.

Before using these please read the following:

You will not be able to do the TAT using these only!

• These GPX route maps are provided free of charge as an aid only to the TAT official maps.
• They don’t cover Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and parts of Oklahoma.
• More importantly, they do not have the gas stops that the paper maps do.
• Sam Correro owns the rights to the route and maps, as such he can change this at any time. These GPX route maps are based on the paper maps I received from Sam in January 2008. If you order paper maps from Sam they might very well be different!
• I’ve found that the Oregon GPX route maps differ from Sams paper maps; this may occur in other places too.

OKLAHOMA

Note: use right-click and ‘Save as…’ (otherwise you’ll just see the XML)

Oklahoma Complete – KML (Google Earth)

Oklahoma/New Mexico – Part 1 – GPX

Oklahoma/New Mexico – Part 2 – GPX

Oklahoma/New Mexico – Part 1 – KML (Google Earth)

Oklahoma/New Mexico – Part 2 – KML (Google Earth)

COLORADO

Colorado Complete – KML (Google Earth)

Colorado – Part 1 – GPX

Colorado – Part 2 – GPX

Colorado – Part 3 – GPX

Colorado – Part 4 – GPX

Colorado – Part 1 – KML (Google Earth)

Colorado – Part 2 – KML (Google Earth)

Colorado – Part 3 – KML (Google Earth)

Colorado – Part 4 – KML (Google Earth)

UTAH

Utah Complete – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 1 – GPX

Utah – Part 2 – GPX

Utah – Part 3 – GPX

Utah – Part 4 – GPX

Utah – Part 5 – GPX

Utah – Part 6 – GPX

Utah – Part 1 – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 2 – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 3 – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 4 – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 5 – KML (Google Earth)

Utah – Part 6 – KML (Google Earth)

NEVADA

Nevada Complete – KML (Google Earth)

Nevada – Part 1 – GPX

Nevada – Part 2 – GPX

Nevada – Part 3 – GPX

Nevada – Part 4 – GPX

Nevada – Part 1 – KML (Google Earth)

Nevada – Part 2 – KML (Google Earth)

Nevada – Part 3 – KML (Google Earth)

Nevada – Part 4 – KML (Google Earth)

OREGON

Oregon Complete – KML (Google Earth)

Oregon – Part 1 – GPX

Oregon – Part 2 – GPX

Oregon – Part 3 – GPX

Oregon – Part 4 – GPX

Oregon – Part 1 – KML (Google Earth)

Oregon – Part 2 – KML (Google Earth)

Oregon – Part 3 – KML (Google Earth)

Oregon – Part 4 – KML (Google Earth)

These maps were made using the following technique:

• A route was created from the paper maps in Google Earth.
• The route was saved as a KML then converted to a GPX file.
• The GPX file was loaded into the eTrex using Garmin software.
• Note: the eTrex Vista Cx has a finite capacity of 10,000 waypoints.
• These are divided up into 20 tracks – no track can have more than 500 waypoints.
• This is why there are numerous files for each state.

When loading the maps truncation can take place if more than 500 waypoints are detected in the GPX file.

I’ve tried to make sure that no file has more than 500 waypoints but you may need to change the file if you seen the truncated message.

This can be done using a XML editor.

The KML files can be loaded directly into Google Earth (providing you have it installed!)

When reading the viewing the route on the GPS you will notice the route line will not follow the road directly.

This is because I’ve had to reduce the number of waypoints to 500. Although this isn’t ideal it’s not a problem as the route line is a general indication of the direction and will not follow the road directly. Below is an example: