Olaf maps - route planning possible? Tim?

[stef25]

I've managed to copy / install Olaff's Morocco GPS maps to my Garmin Nuvi. I can tell they are there because the GPS says the maps are installed and if I "browse maps" I can zoom out high enough to see all of Europe (pre installed) and then Morocco below it, with the grids and lines / routes that were visible on my Garmin software.

So, the maps are there.

I'm wondering - is it possible to plan a route with these maps, for ex "Drive me from here to Fez", as you would with normal GPS maps?

When I search for destinations, Morocco is not available as a country, nor are any of its cities. Do I need to pre-plan all these routes on the computer first?

How else do people use these maps? It just shows you what route you are on, but not what direction to drive in to reach point X?

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

The map is not routable as with 'normal' maps.

I use them in conjunction with a paper map, work out my route the 'old fashioned' way and then use the Topo map to monitor where I am whilst on the move.

You can, if you wish, set out a route with waypoints in advance and then follow that route but, AFAIK, it still won't be 'routable'.

Andres

 

[stef25]

Thanks, been looking for this exact info for a while.

 

[Tim Cullis]

Don't know the Nuvi, but on the Zumo you would go > Where to > Browse Map, then locate where you want to go. Because the maps aren't routeable it will do straight line. You can go through the process again and stick in one (but only one) via point.

If you want more via points, you need instead of the above process to go to > Where to > Routes > New , then add the various waypoints. Then after you've made up a fairly complex route on your Zumo, you can save the route and share it to the SD card, then load it on your mate's Zumo. Clever stuff but practice this bit in advance so you know how to do it.

Not being routable sounds a real disadvantage but it's not really a problem on the ground as outside of the cities Morocco doesn't have the complex road network of Europe.

Tim