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Old 20 Mar 2007
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T4 maps
Get them for Africa. brilliant.

Also read about this system. Its basically a laptop that you can tear the screen away from the actual pc. The pc reacts via bluetooth to the screen which is also a touch screen.

So one could but the unit permanently behind the front seat. the Screen could then be used in a very small mount in the front or wherever you need it.

Will find out name of PC soon.
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Ollie,

Should you decide that you want highly detailed maps for the whole of your trip instead of Garmin worldmap's basic details the simplest answer is use these Russian maps available from TTQV on CD. You'll need TTQV v4 to use them and download to your gps/pda/laptop.

Although in Russian, major locations are also marked in English and the level of detail is very good although IGN mpas of Africa re certainly better in this regard.

You shouldn't get lost with these!

TTQV Australia/Asia maps (Russian)
http://www.ttqv.com/download/pdf/karten_asien_e.pdf

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Wow - those maps aren't cheap are they! My god.

Must be a cheaper way of getting maps surely?

I'm off to search the net ........

thanks again Andrew. I've not ruled them out yet!
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Hi,

I use a Mitac Mio P 350 with built in GPS (retails for around €250,00), running TomTom (Europe) and Ozi (off-road). With a 2 Giga SD card you can take all the maps you need for your trip to Oz.

I also use my faithful Garmin V for backup, as I dont believe the PDA to be sturdy enough for the piste.
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CD with all Russian maps :Turkey to Indonesia 79 euros....

Webshop Touratech-QV
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I'm off to search the net ........
Ollie,

have you seen this thread? Digitized Russian military map sheets at topomaps.eu - The HUBB
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Cheapest option is to download the maps you need (as suggested above) and then calibrate them for use with Ozieexplorer (PC and PDA versions).

The Touratech TTQV set up is expensive and coded to prevent you from using their maps with other companies software - remember to price in their map reading software if you go down that route.
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Richard,

TTQV can read many different bitmap file formats, so it's not limited to proprietary maps.There are some maps that can be used only with Touratech QuoVadis but they were coded by the people who sell the maps. These maps can still be exported from TTQV to another format.

TTQV may be more expensive that OziExplorer but it also does many more jobs and has excellent customer suppport.
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Richard,

TTQV can read many different bitmap file formats, so it's not limited to proprietary maps.There are some maps that can be used only with Touratech QuoVadis but they were coded by the people who sell the maps. These maps can still be exported from TTQV to another format.

TTQV may be more expensive that OziExplorer but it also does many more jobs and has excellent customer suppport.
The Touratech map CDs can only be viewed/printed/exported with the TTQV software, so it does need to be priced into their purchase.

The free 30 day trial you get with the Touratech maps won't let you print or export, so you're effectively bound into buying QuoVadis if you want to use them.

Both Ozi and TTQV get the job done, but I like the fact that the Ozi stuff is more open-source.
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