Nav V & Morocco Maps

[ButtonMoon]

Hi, Does anyone know if the Garmin Morocco map is any good for touring the country especially off road and the smaller trails. It's a $100 was wanted to ask before I buy it.

Before anyone says anything, yes I've got maps the Michelin 742 & Rise Know-how & Chris Scott's Morocco Overland Book.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Timolgra]

Use the free download from this section, it's erm free and has more detail for tracks although not routeable and less details for towns.

When you download it, remove the topographic as the contours can be confused with some tracks.

 

[ButtonMoon]

Use the free download from this section, it's erm free and has more detail for tracks although not routeable and less details for towns.

When you download it, remove the topographic as the contours can be confused with some tracks.

got it !! cheers.

 

[PDiddy]

What Tim said - The Garmin version is crap and inaccurate

 

[W900BMW]

Must disagree I'm afraid.....slotted Garmin Morocco mapping in my cheepo 205W for two weeks trip in 2013,and again for three weeks this year. Starts getting a bit wobbly in the south but works seamlessly from UK through Spain to Morocco & back. I think I paid about £60 for the SD card, £70 for the 205W and £30 for a RAM mount.
Worked well and didn't seem bothered by rain tucked behind 1200GS screen with dict tape over the card slot.

 

[Tim Cullis]

I have the Topo Morocco v2 mapset from Garmin and I can not recommend it. Many serious problems. One simple example, is to try to plan a route from Marrakech to Ouarzazate via Telouet. There's a break in the road connections where the Telouet turn off (just after Tizi n'Tichka) joins the main road. So it can't route you that way and you end up going round the houses.

This is just one example, there's many more and the maps just drove me crazy. Much better to use the Olaf maps which are based on tracklogs provided by travellers.

 

[Yorkiebarr]

I visited Morocco last year on a road based tour and found the Garmin City Navigator maps useful and reasonably accurate, but they do not contain information on off road tracks. The Garmin Topo (topographical) maps are in my experience a waste of money as the tracks they do show are few and inaccurate. An alternative to Olaf maps (which are now over 7 years old) would be Open Street Maps which I loaded on to my Garmin and found useful.
See: http://mapas.alternativaslibres.es/downloads.php

The images below show the Todra Gorge area in Garmin and OSM mapping.

As you can see the OSM mapping is more accurate and detailed.

 

[Corp.Clinger!]

Agreed...IMO I find OSM Maroc far better that Garmin. I usually ride 1200kms plus,off road each time and switch off the Garmin once I hit Africa. OSM shows up so many pistes it's surprising.

If you have a peep in the link and scroll down you can get Maroc.

http://mapas.alternativaslibres.es/downloads.php

( I use www.wikilocs.com and download all my Maroc routes to use in conjunction with OSM)





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[Grim Reaper]

Will the Nav V route using the Open Source Maps or is it just a case of have it open and you can see where you are?

 

[The Grey One]

Will the Nav V route using the Open Source Maps or is it just a case of have it open and you can see where you are?

You should have no problems, I use both Garmin and OSM maps on my 390. The same comments about accuracy and detail apply to countries like Bosnia and Romania. The Garmin maps are hopeless, OSM are much better.
Once downloaded onto your PC the OSM maps will appear in either Mapsource or Basecamp so can be used to plan routes in the normal way
John

 

[ButtonMoon]

Will the Nav V route using the Open Source Maps or is it just a case of have it open and you can see where you are?

Follow the instructions from Tim Cullis and you'll be fine I did and I was! post No.6 on here. or

http://www.morocco-knowledgebase.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66

 

[Grim Reaper]

OK great!, I've added the gmappsupp file to my Nav V Garmin folder, just need to see if it can use them.
Off to Morocco in September with Wildcat Tours so I'm hoping I can use the Nav V to route us to our daily destinations.
Might make it easier than stopping at every crossroads to consult the map.

 

[Fanum]

Just a quicky, but if you have even the latest version of the Chris Scott book, bin it.........

The pistes in Morocco are changing so fast that by the time he's written the guide up, it's hopelessly out of date......what he says is a nice rough piste will turn out to be fresh (or year old, by the time the updated book is in your hands) tarmac.

They do have some good info on travel principles along with some sensible suggestions on rising or driving in Maroc, but as far as a route planning guide goes, IMO you're far better off stopping in at Chefchaouen and asking any European on their return leg what the score is........and even then, a piste/road can be utterly unrecognisable from a week ago's experience of it, given the extremes that the weather throws down at them

Take it a day at a time and be flexible, job done