Make your own GPS maps ???

[bob_menton]

From the Jan. 2007 BMW Owners News, p. 76: "... Kevin, my GPS guru friend at home had warned me that the GPS would not always show things as clear or as accurately as I might want them to be. Garmin doesn't make software for Morocco, so Kevin had me buy as many maps of the area as I could. He scanned them, using a giant scanner (he works at HP) and *** he made me my own electronic files from the maps ***. We planned our journey using those files *** and ultimately loaded them into my GPS *** ..." .

Wow! He scanned maps, made electronic files from them, and then loaded them into the GPS. Impressive.

Anyone on this list know how to do that? Care to share ???

- Bob

[Woolly]

I went down through Morrocco to the Algerian border last year (2006), on my LT, with BMW Nav II - once I got down to Africa, detailed mapping disapeared, but the base-line mapping (whole of the world on a Nag II/2610 )is more than adequate

[simoncharles]

Wooly, (and anyone else, for that matter) check out this film when it comes to the UK in 10 days time - excellent.
http://www.paramountvantage.com/babel/

[Woolly]

Wooly, (and anyone else, for that matter) check out this film when it comes to the UK in 10 days time - excellent.
http://www.paramountvantage.com/babel/

Looks weird - I shall make a point of watching it. Found North Africa amazing - we could stop in the middle of an empty desert for a ciggy break, and within minutes, the bikes were surrounded by people - totally friendly & inquisitive - lord knows where they came from. They were so pleased to see foreigners
coming to their country, despite whats happened in recent years, it was very moving.

[simoncharles]

I know, unless you see it, you can´t believe it.

Buses stop in the middle of nowhere, women get off and start walking into the distance, and you wonder where they are going.

To anyone who has not been to Morocco, don´t think twice.

As far as theft is concerned It is probably as safe as anywhere I have been, and the people, if you treat them with education and amiability, are the freindliest and polite as you will find anywhere.

Wooly, going to Sicily this Easter.

[grahamw]

this looks as though it will handle scanned maps:

http://www.memory-map.co.uk/index.htm
and here
http://www.memory-map.com/

http://www.vitotechnology.com/en/products/smartmap.html

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Outwith the tourist areas in Tunisia it was okay and the Libyans were friendly enough but the food was not that great, facilities were not very hygenic and most of the roads extremely boring - still it si crossed of thelist and I do noto need to go back.