To give you an idea of what kind of coverage is available from Garmin's "WorldMap" cartographic product, here is a screenshot showing the data available for Algeria, south of the Atlas mountains. Ouargla is at the bottom centre of the map, and Hassi Messaoud (labelled as 'Oued Irara', which is the name of the airport at Hassi Messaoud) is at the bottom right. At the far upper right, you can see the border of Tunisia. The picture shows an area 400 km wide by 300 km high.
The major roads and airports, cities, etc. are all there, and all accurate. The currency of the smaller tracks is uncertain, because the cartographic data is about 5 years old. By this I mean the roads were all there 5 years ago, some may have been abandoned, and other may have been added since.
Note carefully that 'MapSource' is the name of the application (executable) provided by Garmin to view their cartographic products. MapSource itself does not provide you with any cartographic data. MapSource is supplied free of charge with the purchase of most Garmin GPSR's, or with the purchase of any Garmin cartographic product (WorldMap, MetroGuides, etc.)
[This message has been edited by PanEuropean (edited 28 January 2002).]
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