Road maps for Africa online?

il 19 Aug 2004 17:24:20 -0700, Mentre su Reggio calano le prime ombre
della sera..." hornamca DeleteThis @ptd.net (Chris) scrive:

 >"Benjamin Myklebust" <benjaminmyklebust DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<cfq5f4$sab$1@sunnews.cern.ch>...
  >> Specifically North Africa.
  >>
  >> Benjamin
 >
 >Expedia maps has good detail but no road names. I also like the
 >University of Texas map library. Sorry I don't have a URL.
 >
 >Chris

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html" target="_blank">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html</a>

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 >> Stay informed about: Road maps for Africa online? 

  > >Expedia maps has good detail but no road names. I also like the
  > >University of Texas map library. Sorry I don't have a URL.
  > >
  > >Chris
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html</font</a>>
 >
 > vincio:)

Thanks. I've been using Expedia, but I suspect they are not 100% up to date.
At least it is very difficult to see the quality of the road. I've been
looking for/at some roads I know, and it doesn't seem too accurate. I'll
check out UofT. Thanks again.

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 >> Stay informed about: Road maps for Africa online? 

The expedia maps and other similar online maps should carry a huge
health warning.

One of the sources they have used are pilotage charts which are
intending for identifying where you are from the air not navigating on
the ground. Some of these maps are 40 or more years out of date when
it comes to showing roads.

In some cases this might not matter much but in other areas they are
grossly misleading at best and downright dangerous at worst.

Best Wishes

Alex Harvey
 >> Stay informed about: Road maps for Africa online? 

I came across another map site on a different computer. Maporama at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.maporama.com/share/default.asp" target="_blank">http://www.maporama.com/share/default.asp</a> . I tried it for Uganda (my
next destination) and it shows lots of detail, but no road names.
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 >> Stay informed about: Road maps for Africa online?