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Africa on Google Maps!
Hi,
I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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Africa on Google Maps!
That's beautiful, i can finally travel trough africa before becomming
lost i have looked on http://worldviewer.and.com/world.aspx that is a site of AND where they put their data on. that confirms that they have the data. but i am not sure. Greetz arjan Scott wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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Africa on Google Maps!
Scott wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa Hi Scott -- FYI the city maps on Google Maps are *NOT* detailed. They show only major roads. The provider of detailed map data to Garmin and the lead provider of data from South Africa is Map Studio (www.mapstudio.co.za). They seem to cover southern Africa with detailed online maps free, but then print maps for the rest of Africa. They have precise street-level maps of southern Africa. An easier interface to use is at www.easymap.co.za HTH Kurt |
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Africa on Google Maps!
With all due respect to Google maps for a mammoth task they have
undertaken, the maps they do have of Africa are essentially quite unimpressive. They only show major routes. I use the Michelin 953/954 etc. paper maps for this purpose. They are far easier to carry around than a PC, and FAR faster to navigate and plot routes etc. For Southern Africa, Map Studio do an excellent range of printed maps. I have their spiral bound complete map book that covers the whole of sub-Saharan Africa and also contains major city maps. They're not highly detailed, but are accurate enough to find your way around these cities. Most African cities are not particularly complicated to navigate in, with the obvious exceptions of Johannesburg, Lagos, Cairo, Luanda, and Nairobi. In South Africa I have a Garmin Nuvi with SA maps. I have found it to be a marvelous tool, but it is essentially useless anywhere else in Africa. Regards, Marc On 13 Nov 2006 05:05:29 -0800, "Scott" wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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Africa on Google Maps!
Hi Arjan,
Thanks for your message. I just saw on their website that they are indeed the supplier of the maps in Google. You can find the news in the case studies at www.and.com. Thanks, Scott Seesawseen wrote: That's beautiful, i can finally travel trough africa before becomming lost i have looked on http://worldviewer.and.com/world.aspx that is a site of AND where they put their data on. that confirms that they have the data. but i am not sure. Greetz arjan Scott wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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Africa on Google Maps!
The data is supplied be Tracks4Africa. A South Africa company that
contributors supply the data from their recordings of driving over roads, highways and yes tracks-many remote tracks. The detail is mostly in the Southern part of Africa, but is being added to daily. www.Tracks4Africa.com The detail you can see by zooming in. More then Mapstudio has by a long shot. On the other hand, Mapstudio does have better coverage in other parts of Africa. Nothing to go off road with. I know as I have used their maps, and they ain't that good for detail or remote tracks. The T4A maps are meant for navigation in Garmin gps's. Publishing their maps on GE is lucky for people who like to plan their overland routes on their pc or for the upmarket crowd who like to see where they are going on safari. And they know it is accurate as much as you can translate it into a GE map. As time goes by, I understand that T4A will be updating the information-- adding tracks and poi's. Robbie Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? |
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Africa on Google Maps!
Hi,
Thanks for all your comments and remarkts. Does anybody know if and when they will add the info to Google Earth? Scott Scott wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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Africa on Google Maps!
Hi,
Thanks for all your comments and remarks. Does anybody know if and when they will add the info to Google Earth? Scott Scott wrote: Hi, I have just noticed that Google Maps now offers detailed road maps in many countries in Africa. I have discovered very detailed city maps for: - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cairo, Egypt - Casablanca, Morocco - Rabat, Morocco - Alger, Algeria - Tripoli, Libya - Rabat, Morocco - Tunis, Tunisia Questions 1) Has anyone else discovered detailed coverage in Africa. 2) I think AND is the supplier of this data, can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Scott |
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