Thanks for your views.
I am still a little unsure.
I am carefully plotting the route from Mrimma towards Merzouga using GPS coordinates from the Chris Scott Morocco Overland book (route MS8/7 & MS fom Tagounite).
I am using a general Sat Nav with rough coverage of Morocco (not minor roads) and software (brilliant & accurate in UK/Europe) called Viewranger.
I am comparing the Viewranger map (set on cycle maps) which shows a track matching the Chris Scott routes & seems to match GPS coordindates within a 1km accuracy.
The western stretch MS8/7 seems all pretty straightforward but the eastern route MS6 from Tagounite appears to cross the Algerian border ! Sat Nav shows a section around N30' 38.16 W004'49.33 where the track vears from bearing NE to E towards Ramlia as being within the Algerian side!
On my Michelin 742 1/1000 000 map of Morocco this route is marked as "Prohibited Track". The map doesnt show the border position.
Viewranger software shows it on the Moroccan side.
My question isnt so much about getting lost, for I am confident I can track MY position but whether I would be inadvertantly crossing the border & whether that is a problem out there.
Is the a better source of finding the actual border coordinates?
Chris
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