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Hi folks,

am in midst of planning for 4x4 sahara and west africa. I have a panasonic toughbook with nRoute and GPS. Have Olaf map for Morocco, but am looking for something for Mauritania. We plan to spend time exploring Adrar and Aoukar regions and would like info on any maps, routes/tracks etc. What have other people found? I understand that Viagens4x4 has a map that covers Mauri/Mali/Senegal. Has anyone tried this one? WHat about any good sources for digitized russian or other maps?

thanks, Rick.
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Digital maps ?

There are at lest 2 kinds

Raster .. like a photo .. think of it as a photo of a paper map .. you can zoom in .. like using a magnifying glass .. this is waht you have from the old russian maps.

Vector .. this is what you have with Olaf's map, zooming in can get you more detail, zooming out stuff disappears so your not just seeing black ants swarming over the screen.


These are two different beasts and need separate software to use them.
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The Russian maps used to be available on the web .. free but tedious. You could also buy a CD with them on it. IIRC mapstore?

For vector maps likes Olaf's map use Open Street Map (OSM) - free and world wide coverage. May not have as much detail as you want .. but then the commercial maps may not have that either!
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Hi

I just crossed Mauritania using offline maps for iPhone/iPad.

They are quite reliable, even the free version. So if you have a tablet the App is called MapsWithMe.

You need to zoom in a country and download full street view.

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For off the tarmac- I still have not found any better maps than the Russian topo ones- for those areas- These, of course are well out of date by a long stretch - but still the best. Unless some kind soul comes along and gives me a 'heads up' for a better one !

Warin- you may not have tried the 'Soviet military maps' app? they are very easy to install BUT they are slow to download-- for example- Mauritania at max zoom took 16 hours to download- so this best done on your fast broadband at home before you go. screen shot below of Garmin's Monterra showing East of Atar.

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Vector and Raster maps- These are two different beasts and need separate software to use them.
- may I correct you? no separate software is needed to use maps in either format on Garmin's Montana series, Monterra and the handhelds 62S and 64ST - The geo-referencing of each image takes ages to do though.
I did a talk at Hubb Germany on how to do this-

Note: of all 4 units above, only the Monterra is capable of running Android hence the Soviet Military map Android App. You can use images available free on the web (or GE screen shots) but you will need to geo-reference each one before use and maybe this is what Warin refers to as 'free but tedious' - which I agree with- it does take ages to do but it is do-able!



and don't forget one of each of those!
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- may I correct you? no separate software is needed to use maps in either format on Garmin's Montana series, Monterra and the handhelds 62S and 64ST - The geo-referencing of each image takes ages to do though.
Hi. Yes .. I'd call this a 'special case'

The software on those is set up to handle both 'formats'.

On a PC I use

Garmins "Mapsource" for the vector maps (a considerable collection of these)

and

"Oziexplorer" for the raster maps ... (again a considerable collection! Including the Russian maps)

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I've recently got an androd phone .. it presently has OsmAnd for vector maps and Androzic for the raster ... I'll have a look at 'Soviet military maps' app later. I'd prefer not to have to download all the maps I've already got though!

Still using my Garmin 60Cx.. see no reason to update at this time .. I'd like to be able to use the raster maps too .. but for the $ I cannot see throwing the 60 away.
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I wonder how good is OSM topo, comparing to Soviet maps. Anyone has compared the two?
e.g. East of Atar on OSM
Same area render in Base Camp:
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