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It shouldn't need rescanning, just converting in Photoshop or similar. It will only take a minute or two, plus the time in burning it on to a new cd.

I think I did mine as a tiff by the way.
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Got my scanned michelin map back to as a TIFF file. Offered it once more to memory-map and voila......success

Have just calibrated the map with google earth and all appears to be well.....How pleased am I.

Thanks again for your help everyone, particularly Paul.

Not sure that my Evermore GPS will work well in Morocco? But works fantastically well here in the UK and France plugged into the USB on my computer.

Any Thoughts?
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Excellant result it sounds like, but I decided to do it as a home project. I scanned the Morocco map in four sections on my 11"x19" scanner as TIFF files and stitched them together using Panaview software. I then calibrated them using OZI Explorer and ended up with thew same results as you.

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Everybody's happy then.

Maximus, I am sure that your GPS will work fine in Morocco although personally, I'd still recommend a Garmin as I have found them to be more reliable than a basic USB mouse and depending on which model you also get the option of using Garmin maps too. They're not cheap though, even second hand on eBay.
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working with self scanned maps
I use OziExplorer too as a back up to Mapsource when there are no detailed Garmin maps available (Sahara region!) and in OziEx it is very simple to import self scanned maps (various formats) and calibrate it. Any idiot can do it, no complex side tours needed.


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Are there any sources for memory map for North Africa especially Libya and Egypt?
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Try Stanfords
I'm not aware of any official Memory Map products. You'll probabley need to get a sheet map and then scan it.

Try Stanfords' Maps, Travel Books, Guides and Travel Information
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Max, will be interesting to see how accurate your Mich map was. The whole map is tilted to the east of north hence no grid which would look odd (for why the tilt, see link below) and who knows what projection Mich has. Small errors get magnified in my experience of trying to do the same with an RKH map.

I found Olaf more than adequate in Mk (for pistes, that is) and on the road most paper maps are fine - see my Morocco map reviews here.

It may be useful to know you can buy an as-good if not better RKH Morocco road map as a pre-calibrated download here for 15 euros. (Havent tried it as I'm not PC.)

For Libya and Egypt in digi see here, near the top. Or have a look at Touratech QV or RKH downloads again - they do an Egypt and Libya for the same price.

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Chris, my trip is not until next year.

Paul Driver has already used the Mitchilin map with memory map and although it may not be completely accurate, he thought it complimented the maroc topo map as he could see 'the big picture' on his tablet pc, as opposed to the small screen on his garmin showing the track he was on.

If Paul sees this maybe he can elaborate and let us know how accurate memory map/michilin was.

I have looked at the map you mention, although there is no mention of it being programmed for garmin/mapsource which I have.
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The BSMaps mentioned by Chris Scott above can be ordered in the following calibration formats:
OZIExplorer
Fugawi
Pathaway
ttqv
gps-mate
compegps
Magellan

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I had a feeling once you get into GPS editing with a PC, most use Ozi or Fugawi, Garmin MapSource being too, I believe is the word is 'proprietary'.

As you say the big picture (and a big screen) is what is needed but there will never be any good in-built digi mapping for African countries until existing paper maps get converted. Apart from Olaf's efforts at least RKH have started the ball rolling. Can't see Mich Corp ever doing it.

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Maximus, I've only just seen your post re Michilin map accuracy, sorry for the time lapse.

Yes I did notice slight inaccuracies, but these were pretty minor and not such that you'd get into trouble or badly lost.

Typically you'd notice that your track might be running parallel to a road rather than being directly on top of it. The discrepancy would only be of a couple of millimetres at most. Granted, this margin of error could represent 2 kilometres on a 1:1m scale, but for the big picture it really didn't matter that much. It was always obvious where we were and as I mentioned before, for actual navigation we used the Olaf map on the Garmin GPS.

I suspect that using many calibration points rather than the minimum three makes a big difference in 'smoothing' the map.
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Many thanks Paul......managed to pick up a Garmin Streetpilot 3 and have loaded the morocco topo map on it (couldn't warrant the cost of the 276c for two weeks). I was pretty impressed with the streetpilot when I recently used it on a trip to Scotland. Biggest downside is that the screen picks up 'a lot' of reflection and is difficult to see when sunny......and yes, they do sometimes get sun in Scotland :-).

September does not seem so far away now.
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Sounds like you've got a good setup now.

Roll on September, have a great time.
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I am heading back to Morocco next spring, and would like to try out my memory map whilst there. I don't travel beyond Europe often enough to venture into Garmin and Fugawi expense etc, and as I already have European MM - I would like to give it a go. So...

Has anyone got a copy of a png or Tiff Morocco map (calibrated or not), that I could purchase from you?? And or piste routes too - or is that just pushing my luck!!

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