What is new on the T4A GPS Maps Traveller s Africa 17.10 T4A GPS Maps 17.10 comes preloaded on a micro SD card with standard adapter, ready for Plug & Navigate. This SD card can be used on most map capable Garmin units and has been tested with latest Nuvi models as well. This product is not compatible to igo in car navigation systems, Android or ios devices. For these platforms we have separate products. The SD card also contains installation files for PC and Mac users who want to install the maps on their computers for trip planning or for transferring maps to older Garmin units such as the 276c, 76csx, previous generation etrex, etc. The map growth is organic in nature. We processed 161 data submissions for version 17.10. These data submissions not only contribute more roads and POI s to the map, it also improves the quality of existing data by means of corrections. The overall road coverage has increased by 3.4% from 17.05. Map Coverage 1 200 548km of roads, detailed tourist coverage and fully navigable (3.4% increase from 17.05) 158 865 points of interest (0.7% up from 17.05)
Most complete and detailed protected areas (national parks, game reserves, private nature reserves etc.) in Africa 2 343 parks in total. 14 399 accommodation listings (1% up from 17.05) 3 936 camp sites, the most complete camping data base in Africa (1% up from 17.05) 6 009 places to eat or drink (up 1% from 17.05) 10 904 fuel stops (3% up from 17.05) Change log from selected data submissions South African metro roads have been revised and optimised for routing. This improvement will affect routing in cities as well as the display of maps. We have also updated many secondary roads in South Africa with route numbers. There was a very significant increase of road coverage in Zambia. We added more than 23 000km of roads, mostly unpaved, to increase the coverage by 32% from the previous release. This was the result of mapping project of health facilities done by an NGO and supported by our vehicle trackers and mapping team. Our team continued their research in Western Africa, this time with a focus on Morocco. We reworked the entire freeway and national road system of the country to ensure we reflect the latest upgrades. In the process we added road side services such as fuel stations on these highways. Morocco road coverage increased by 15% from the previous release.
Tracks4Africa 17.10 Updates Morocco major routes and names updated. Zambia updated with Ride2Care mapping of health facilities and secondary roads Guine Bissau major highways updated Nairobi city routing and streets updated Uganda major routes added New suburbs and streets added for South Africa Roads were updated in Piper Pan, Botswana De Wildt 4WD Trail updated Fernkloof Hiking Trail in Hermanus updated Zaagkuilsdrift Bird Sanctuary was added including related POI s and tracks Kawa 4WD Trail and related POI s were added Streets and names in Otjiwarongo were updated Botswana: Added new tracks along Boteti River, Khwai Development Trust and Mababe Zokotsama Community Concession. Some useful POIs in Kasane were added. Selebi Phikwe streets and names were updated General map improvements: o Routing through towns and cities has been optimised for entire Africa o On- and off-ramp routing optimized o Malawi, Zambia and South Africa route names updated o Route naming convention updated for entire Africa. o The river systems for the entire Southern Africa has been updated to improve data quality and optimise map display o Map display ranking system introduced on map features to improve consistency of map feature display on specific zoom levels. This will also affect our web map display.
Tracks4Africa Map Coverage, version 17.10
T4A GPS Maps v17.10 coverage per map region Below is the updated information about each of the 16 maps contained on T4A GPS Maps Traveller s Africa 17.10. Map Region Routable? Roads POI Coverage Namibia 71 888 14 586 Angola 49 068 3 683 Botswana 37 462 5 109 South Africa: Western and Northern Cape 95 658 29 390 South Africa: Free State, Kwa-Zulu Natal & Eastern Cape 138 908 19839 South Africa: Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga & Northern Province 138 180 21 377 Mozambique & Malawi 53 982 7 983 Swaziland 7 745 2 139 Lesotho 4 999 1 272 Zimbabwe & Zambia 94 892 9 306 Eastern Africa Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda Western Africa Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad Morocco & Western Sahara Tunisia, Algeria, Libya Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia Madagascar & Mauritius 101 086 22 863 186 602 10 276 38 357 2 536 75 828 1 123 87 864 6 565 18 030 1 818 Overland Routes