WhatisnewontheT4AGPSMaps–Traveller’sAfrica18.10T4A GPS Maps 18.10 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 305 data submissions for version 18.10. 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 2.5% from 18.05.

Map Coverage

• 1 260 211km of roads, detailed tourist coverage and fully navigable

(2.5% increase from 18.05)

• 161 920 points of interest (1.5% increase from 18.05)

• Most complete and detailed protected areas (national parks, game

reserves, private nature reserves etc.) in Africa – 2 360 parks in total.

• 15 390 accommodation listings (4.5% up from 18.05)

• 4 139 camp sites, the most complete camping data base in Africa

(3.2% up from 18.05)

• 6 411 places to eat or drink (up 4.7% from 18.05)

• 11 041 fuel stops (0.9% up from 18.05)

Change log from selected data submissions

We are busy finalising our new paper map of South Africa and this project prompted a lot of research into basic services in smaller towns of South Africa. There was a lot of new points of interest added as a result.

Our project to clean up the map and remove redundant points of interest still continues. Most of this work was reflected in version 18.05 already but you should notice more of this in the latest version. The previous version saw a decline in the number of POI as a result of this project, but for version 18.10 the number grew by 1.5% again.

Our Zimbabwe project still continued well into 2018 and had a very big effect on our road coverage in this country. You may recall that we started to look for missing secondary and minor roads in Zimbabwe and that road coverage increased by 6% in the previous version. The project, now completed, contributed a whopping 27% more in the latest release. This project added more than 30 000km of new roads in Zimbabwe.

Tracks4Africa 18.05 Specific Updates

Hiking and MTB Trails

• Wannabees Somerbosch Mountain Bike Trail updated • Mountain bike trails and POI’s added in Oakhurst farm

National Parks, Game Reserves and protected areas

• Blaauberg Private Game Reserve added • Kwantu Private Game Reserve added • Tracks and new POI’s added around Hardap Game Park • New POI’s added in Chobe National Park • New POI’s added in Nossob • Added Zandkraal Private Nature Reserve

General

• All towns in South Africa updated with services that are available in preparation for the new South Africa paper map release

• Outjo street name added and updated • Port St. Johns steet names added and updated • Chizumuli Island & Likoma Island tracks updated and

ferry from Nkhata Bay added, including two backpacker lodges on the islands

• Zanzibar tracks added and updated including various new accommodations options

• Pearson Park Resort on the banks of the Sundays River was updated

• Mount D’Urban Campsite added in Namibia • Shanyane Guest House moved to correct position • New POI’s added in Victoria Falls • The Grove Mall updated

• Aub Guest House in Mariental added • Nkasa Lupala Tented Lodge updated • New POI’s added in Katima Mulilo • Road surface conditions updated in South-West Zambia • New secondary and minor roads added throughout

Zimbabwe • Mariental street names added and updated • Kwazulu-Natal minor route names added and road

conditions updated • Road names in Elgin Valley updated • Kenya major route names updated • New tracks and POI’s added to South Western

Madagascar

Map usage improvements

• Western Cape region of T4A split into two new regions i.e. Western Cape Metro & Western Cape Surrounds, seeing as the maps grew in size.

Tracks4Africa Map Coverage, version 18.10

T4A GPS Maps v18.10 coverage per map region

Below is the updated information about each of the 16 maps contained on T4A GPS Maps – Traveller’s Africa 18.10.

MapRegion Routable? Roads POI Coverage

Namibia Yes 71948 142374 Detailed

Angola Yes 49157 3688 Detailed

Botswana Yes 38159 5169 Detailed

SouthAfrica:WesternandNorthernCape Yes 96478 30209 Detailed

SouthAfrica:FreeState,Kwa-ZuluNatal&EasternCape Yes 140750 20719 DetailedSouthAfrica:Gauteng,Limpopo,Mpumalanga&NorthernProvince Yes 139621 21247 Detailed

Mozambique&Malawi Yes 54323 8051 Detailed

Swaziland Yes 7750 1776 Detailed

Lesotho Yes 5320 1304 Detailed

Zimbabwe&Zambia Yes 128564 9596 Detailed

EasternAfricaYes 103349

23070

DetailedTanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,Uganda

WesternAfrica

Yes 190484 10349 ModeratelyDetailed

Mauritania,Mali,Senegal,Gambia,Guinea,SierraLeone,BurkinaFaso,Ghana,Togo,Benin,Niger,Nigeria,Cameroon,Gabon,Congo,DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo,Chad

Morocco&WesternSahara Yes 40913 2629ModeratelyDetailed

Tunisia,Algeria,Libya Yes 75862 1140ModeratelyDetailed

Egypt,Sudan,Eritrea,Ethiopia Yes 98133 6656ModeratelyDetailed

Madagascar&Mauritius Yes 18750 1943ModeratelyDetailed