I was going to post about the Israeli municipal elections or maybe the idiot statement Olmert made about giving up Jerusalem and returning to the 1967 borders. But instead, I thought I would talk about maps.
A couple of years ago, on a trip to Israel, I went up to the Golan Heights to tour the battlefields from the 1973 war. I tried to find a good map of the Golan. But the only maps I found were small tourist maps with little detail. I even tried aviation charts. But even on those, the Golan was about two inches long. (it only takes a few minuets to fly across the Golan, I guess)
Since then, I have been trying to find good maps of Israel. But I was constantly disappointed. But a week ago, I found a web sight that seem to have maps of everything! They have a huge selection of “Hiking” maps of Israel. They are from 2004. The scale is 1-50,000. So I ordered one for the Golan.
It came today and it is GREAT!!!. The detail is wonderful I can even found the Mc Donald’s in Tiberius! I wish I had this map when I toured the Golan. The only problem is that these maps are in Hebrew. My Hebrew is poor. But I still love these maps. And now I want the whole set.
Omnimap.com is the sight. These hiking maps were $27.95 and worth twice the price! The whole set is $477.95. I’m saving my pennies!
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