Complete tracks for Top 5 Caminos

[diegoromerosm]

Hi all,

After a small survey I did in the FB group, I'm preparing a list of Caminos with their complete tracks to follow in wikiloc or download in high resolution.

I will be adding routes from the list I already have here but I will be more than happy to add the ones you pass me. I hope you find it interesting.

Buen Camino,

 

[frbobs]

Madrid to Sahagun (Camino de Madrid) Thanks

 

[Philtration]

Thank you so much for all this work! It's a fabulous site.

 

[islandwalker]

Hi all,
'm preparing a list of Caminos with their complete tracks to follow in wikiloc or download in high resolution.

That's a really nice reference page you have prepared. Thanks!

 

[diegoromerosm]

Madrid to Sahagun (Camino de Madrid) Thanks

Done...

 

[frbobs]

Done...

Thanks for the quick response, and GREAT site. If you're looking for more: my next Camino (if it's meant to be/God willing) is the Camino Fonseca (Salamanca to SDC via Ourense). It would be great to have that one mapped out. Peace, and Good journeys

 

[AZperegrino]

Very nice work! We're interested in the Mozarabe, especially the part from Granada to Cordoba. One of the less popular routes, but very interesting historically. We plan to walk from Granada to Merida, depending on the weather and route profile, and then jump over to the Portugues.

 

[Canche]

Please add the Invierno and San Salvador

 

[diegoromerosm]

Please add the Invierno and San Salvador

Sure! These Top5 are just the beginning. I will let you know as soon as they are available.
Updated: Done! Invierno and San Salvador

 

[diegoromerosm]

Very nice work! We're interested in the Mozarabe, especially the part from Granada to Cordoba. One of the less popular routes, but very interesting historically. We plan to walk from Granada to Merida, depending on the weather and route profile, and then jump over to the Portugues.

I'll build from scratch: Granada + some stages from Jaen + Cordoba + Via de la Plata to Merida... quite custom! :-D

 

[Canche]

Sure! These Top5 are just the beginning. I will let you know as soon as they are available.
Updated: Done! Invierno and San Salvador

 

[jill___a]

Caminho Nascente and Camino Torres

 

[Jenyat53]

What fabulous work you have done diegoromerosm. Many, many thanks.
Could you please tell me if I can download these to Organic maps in my iPhone, and if yes then the best way to do that.
TIA

 

[VNwalking]

All these routes and more are also available for download from the Dutch cofraternity in various formats - and have been for many years - here:

Downloads - Santiago

Indeling – Per land vind je hier een overzicht van praktische downloads voor onderweg, ingedeeld in onderstaande drie categorieën. Handleiding – Wil je meer weten over hoe je de bestanden samen met een geschikte app in je smartphone kunt installeren, lees dan de handleidingen. Overzicht – Alle...

www.santiago.nl

 

[Jenyat53]

All these routes and more are also available for download from the Dutch cofraternity in various formats - and have been for many years - here:

Downloads - Santiago

Indeling – Per land vind je hier een overzicht van praktische downloads voor onderweg, ingedeeld in onderstaande drie categorieën. Handleiding – Wil je meer weten over hoe je de bestanden samen met een geschikte app in je smartphone kunt installeren, lees dan de handleidingen. Overzicht – Alle...

www.santiago.nl

Thank you, I do realise that but am having trouble opening them in Organic maps on my iPhone 12. Would happily take any advice. Thank you.

 

[VNwalking]

Would happily take any advice. Thank you.

Can't help with that as I have an Android.
Perhaps @Thomas1962 will be able to assist?

 

[diegoromerosm]

What fabulous work you have done diegoromerosm. Many, many thanks.
Could you please tell me if I can download these to Organic maps in my iPhone, and if yes then the best way to do that.
TIA

Hi @Jenyat53,

I am happy that you like the compilation I am making. I'm sure you will also like this page to see the routes in 3D.

I'm afraid I don't know the Organic Maps application very well but it seems that it doesn't yet have the option to import GPX (standard format for routes).

The links on my page lead to my Wikiloc profile where millions of routes are collected. With their app you can also download maps and routes for use without a data connection. Its offline maps are also based on OpenStreetMap in addition to official cartographic maps in the case of Spain.

Let me know if I can help you with GPX tracks.

Best,

 

[dougfitz]

Thank you, I do realise that but am having trouble opening them in Organic maps on my iPhone 12. Would happily take any advice. Thank you.

You would need to use the KML/KMZ files, not the GPX files. Organic maps is an offshoot of the now commercialised Maps.me product. As I recall it, that app didn't support GPX files either.

 

[wisepilgrim]

Out of curiosity, what is the source of the tracks? I ask because the Camino Portugues track is dangerously out of date in the same places that the Dutch tracks fail. Another reminder to follow the arrows folks.

 

[Sirage]

You would need to use the KML/KMZ files, not the GPX files. Organic maps is an offshoot of the now commercialised Maps.me product. As I recall it, that app didn't support GPX files either.

Organic Maps is free open source by (some of ?) the original Maps.me team. Fundamentally the same but Organic Maps doesn't have all the (commercial) added complexity in the evolution of maps.me. After many year of maps.me I moved to organic maps some time ago.

As you say kml/kmz are the usual tracks to be used in both of these and others like google earth.

There are readily available tools to convert and edit the raw gpx files and I encourage such editing. I have done this for many years in preparation for my walks so I have the latest clean track to follow. Often from that Dutch source but also elsewhere.

For a useful resource cleaning the raw gpx tracks can remove detours to a specific albergue, cafe, en-route "tree" visits, picnics, getting lost etc etc. It also can maintain accuracy while reducing the data points from say point a few metres apart to a more reasonably spacing of say 25 to 100 metres apart.

 

[dougfitz]

There are readily available tools to convert and edit the raw gpx files and I encourage such editing.

I suspect that @Jenyat53, who asked the question I responded to, might not be sufficiently familiar with using more advanced geospatial editing tools for this to be a good option. The source she is using does provide KML/KMZ files, which might be sufficient for what she is intending to use them for.

For a useful resource cleaning the raw gpx tracks can remove detours to a specific albergue, cafe, en-route "tree" visits, picnics, getting lost etc etc. It also can maintain accuracy while reducing the data points from say point a few metres apart to a more reasonably spacing of say 25 to 100 metres apart.

Sometimes when I let one of my mapping programs convert a track to a route, it will recommend spacing as tight as this. But unless there is some local complexity that is important, I don't do anything quite so tight unless I want a really accurate distance estimate.

 

[Jenyat53]

I suspect that @Jenyat53, who asked the question I responded to, might not be sufficiently familiar with using more advanced geospatial editing tools for this to be a good option. The source she is using does provide KML/KMZ files, which might be sufficient for what she is intending to use them for.

You hit the nail on the head Doug!

 

[David Tallan]

Another source for KML files for Caminos that should work in Organic Maps is the Spanish government's CNIG: http://centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/loadCamSan.do#

 

[nuvem]

Hi, suggesting another Camino to add: Camino Portugues da Costa

 

[SongKhonGair]

Hi, brilliant resource, thank you. Good work!

I would like to complete the Frances, it being my first Camino, but starting further back in France. To have a period of solitude before SJPP.

Would the routes starting at Narbonne, Le Puy, and / or passing through Bordeaux be appropriate for your project?

 

[Tigger]

I would like to complete the Frances, it being my first Camino, but starting further back in France. To have a period of solitude before SJPP.

Agree, beginning before SJPDP is nice. Lourdes to SJPDP would also be a great addition since all the available guide books seem to be in French. Thank You for all of the had work!

 

[diegoromerosm]

Hi, brilliant resource, thank you. Good work!

I would like to complete the Frances, it being my first Camino, but starting further back in France. To have a period of solitude before SJPP.

Would the routes starting at Narbonne, Le Puy, and / or passing through Bordeaux be appropriate for your project?

Absolutely! It’d be great to add the main routes from France.
Thank you for the feedback!