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The Navigation Story This document explains the integral approach as applied by Tracks4Africa and the T4A Community.
Route Planning (4.34MB) Using Mapsource to plan routes on T4A Maps. This has particular relevance to the implementation of auto-routing on some of the latest T4A Maps. Auto routing on the T4A Maps is currently being implemented and it is expected to be completed early in 2008.
Standards for Field Data Collection This document offers several years of best practices from the T4A Community. It will explain in detail how to record tracks and waypoints during your trips.
GPS Settings Settings for various Garmin GPS receivers with particular focus on Nuvi and Zumo models.
Tracks4Africa on Google Earth How to view Tracks4Africa on Google Earth
Georeferencing Photographs (2.9MB) A guide on how you can easily georeference your photographs and then display them on your own maps or on Google Earth. A very useful feature that can add a lot of fun to your trips.
T4A Mailing List Information Information on the T4A Mailing List. General posting rules, how the mailing list works and how to join and unsubscribe are discussed in detail. Other information relating to Google Accounts and Digest Mode are also explained.
Garmin support and information Access information, FAQs, software updates, manuals, etc on all Garmin products.
Tour Guides and POI Alerts Rich content on your GPS in the form of Garmin Tourguides and POI Alerts.
T4A Africa Coverage T4A coverage over Africa.
T4A GPS Maps for the MAC on Individual maps T4A GPS Maps for MAC users: Installation Instructions on Individual maps.
About T4A Maps About Tracks4africa and the T4A Maps.
How to install T4A GPS Maps v10.05 T4A GPS Maps v10.05 are distributed on a Plug & Play SD card. This is an SD card with T4A GPS Maps preloaded and ready to use in your compatible Garmin GPS
How to install T4A GPS Maps for Mac v10.05 Steps on how to install complete set of T4A GPS Maps v10.05 from the SD Card for Mac users.