Pre-order Iceland Overland now
 

Hi everybody

The publisher of my Iceland Overland - handbook and planning guide for motorcyclists is offering 20% discount for those pre-ordering the book within the next approx. 2 weeks http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/biggrin.gif. Go to their website, sign-in and pre-order it now:
Book: Iceland Overland

It's also a good idea to order the map of the central highlands (1:300 000), since most of the routes descriped in Iceland overland can be found on this map. This is the direct link to the web-site:

Map: Central highland 1:300 000

What is Iceland Overland?

Iceland Overland is written by a veteran of serious motorcycling, for adventure seeking motorcyclists. It’s the only planning and route guide for motorcyclists dealing with all aspects for your trip to Iceland, from the time you start preparing until leaving the island after an adventure tour on your bike.

Iceland Overland not only deals with local issues like guided tours, workshops, general paperwork, logistics, accommodation, riding conditions, communication and search and rescue, it also deals with more general issues for motorbikers going on an adventure tour, like riding on rough terrain, basic repair, first aid for motorbikers, crossing rivers, towing, spares, packing etc.

Information on more than fifty routes is to be found in Iceland Overland with information on the terrain, experience needed for the route, distance to fuel station, river crossings and accommodation, to name just few. GPS waypoints and maps support all the routes in the book.

More than seventy huts and lodges in the interior is listed, along with service provided, booking information and GPS coordinates.


About the author

Jakob Þór is a veteran of enduro riding and adventure seeking Icelander, who has earned his experience from numerous trips to the interior of Iceland, along with dune riding in North Africa and long distance riding on the mainland Europe. He has a place in the Environmental committee of a special interest group working for enduro and motocross riders in Iceland.

P.S. The e-mail you put in the user-info is your USER login.

geokobbi-are the books available in English,or Icelandic only?

The book is in English.

Jakob

Thanks

can you get the book in england?

Hi geokobbi,
I have tried to order your book and the map but it looks like to site will only deal with users in Iceland. I may be wrong but I could not get it to work. I live in the UK
I would still like to get the book and map, do you have a solution or alternative method.

Steve

Hi geokobbi,

I would also be interested in obtaining a copy of the same from within the UK.

Regards,

Simon

Simon and Steve

People from outside Iceland should not have any problems ordering the book. We have had many orders from the mainland Europe and America already.

I know that users of Mizilla Firefox browsers have had some problems with on-line shoping, but users of Exporer have not had any problems.

Just try it again, and if you still have problems send me e-mail.

Jakob

Ordered it, received it, read it, great book. Gives loads of info & great tips on routes to try...
The proof is now in the eating, roll on 18th!!!
Cheers
Lionel

Is this book still available?

Iceland Overland book still available?
 

Well,

The link still seems to work .. but I get an erro when I try and add it to the cart I get the following error.



HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot forward after response has been committed com.eplica.cms.filters.GatewayDispatcher.doFilter( GatewayDispatcher.java:16) com.eplica.cms.filters.GatewayFilter.buildCacheEnt ry(GatewayFilter.java:518) com.eplica.cms.filters.GatewayFilter.deliverPage(G atewayFilter.java:481) com.eplica.cms.filters.GatewayFilter.doFilter(Gate wayFilter.java:217)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.0.30 logs.
Apache Tomcat/5.0.30

re error message
 

Make sure you enable cookies for both the website and the secure site. or else it 'cant remember' whats in your shopping cart

I can't order books/maps. when i go to check out its all in Iclandic and i cannot fill in my name and address because don't know what goes where. NB i have pressed the in English button but it does not make a difference. Can i rder the items in the UK?

Same problem here!! :crying:

Jdivision. I e mailed them and told them of the problem. They told me I had to send my card details by return of email which i was uneasy about, but because it was a reccomendation from this site i took a chance.

If all goes well and i recieve the books and my card has not been abused i'll let you know.

Got the book and map a couple of weeks ago. Great stuff.

Edit: I sat down and plotted in the tables of gps positions in the book regarding accomodations. I hope that it's ok to post it here. (A couple of the positions sat in the big ocean(typo) so I've tried to fix them as good as I could)

(rename the .pdf to .zip, unpack .zip to get the .gpx)
I used the freely available mapsource map from here:
http://www.ourfootprints.de/gps/mapsource-island_e.html

JoHS

Getting hold of a copy
 

Jakob - what's the best way to get hold of the book in the UK? Amazon? Direct from you?

Thanks

best way to buy Iceland Overland
 

Runner

It is easiest for my if you order the book online using https://www.utivera.is/shopping/domestic-books/pnr/66

if you have any problems let me know.

Jakob

utivera.is error meesages and Which Map?
 

Hi geokobbi

I have a comment and a question:

FYI: With reference to the error messages generated by utivera.is (as mentioned previously): I had cookies allowed and I was able to get the Guidebook into the Shopping Cart, but got 404-errors when trying to order a map. When I ignored the error message and hit the back button on my browser (Internet Explorer) and went to the Checkout, the map was there...:confused1:


Which map do you suggest is best out of:
"Map of the Central Higlands" for 890Kr or "Road Atlas" for 2490Kr.

I'm seriously planning to visit Iceland in July/August 2007 on my DRZ400.

Ride safely,
ChrisB

Best maps for Iceland
 

Chris

Here is a short summary of the available maps of Iceland. Generaly I would not recommend bikers to buy maps from Landmaelingar, but instead buy those from "Mál og Menning" (Edda publishing company). There is a very simple reason for this, there are more trails shown on the Mál og Menning maps.

* Map of the Central Higlands. (https://www.utivera.is/shopping/maps/)
Excellent map for those who don't like the tarmac (since the higlands has none). This map has the same roads and trails as the maps shown below, but there are gps coordinates on critical junctions. It is also very easy to plan your trip since you only have 1 sheet in front of you, instead of 4, or more.
* Quarternary travel maps (http://www.randburg.is/is/maps/4maps.html)
Those maps cover the whole island on 4 sheets. Those maps show the same roads and trails as the map of the Central Highlands, but you will not have GPS coordinates on critical junctions.
* Road Atlas (1:300 000) (http://www.randburg.is/is/maps/miscelmaps.html)
Same database is used for those maps as the quarternary maps. This is a coil binding type of book. Each sheet shows small part of the island, so foreigners might find it difficult to use the book for planing purposes. Carry the road atlas on the road, since it is small and should fit perfectly in your tank-bag.


Hope this short summary helps you guys.

Jakob

Jakob
Thanks for the info. I'll order the map and guide today.
Ride
safely,
Chris

End of this tread
 

Guys

I started this thread some long time ago. The pre-ordering of Iceland Overland is no longer available. So I thing it is time to close this thread. If you guys have any problems ordering the book from https://www.utivera.is/shopping/domestic-books/ contact me using the e-mail address give here on the web.

Jakob