Category Archives: Navigation

Make T4A’s Points of Interest your go-to source

There’s a very good reason why no one should travel through Africa without T4A’s expert and detailed navigation resources. The online Points of Interest (POI) section boasts a wealth of information with 159,428 listings and 36,873 pictures. By Arnold Ras

T4A’s Points of Interest, also known as waypoints, refer to points on a map that represent a lodge, hotel, guest house, campsite, restaurant, fuel stop, police station, hospital, picnic site, and many more.

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Tracks4Africa now on Ford’s navigation systems

Exciting news for overland travellers is that Tracks4Africa maps are now included as a standard map in the new Ford South Africa range of vehicles which are fitted with the SYNC 3 navigation system. The Ford Ranger (one of SA’s top selling vehicles) and Everest models were recently upgraded with the SYNC 3 system.

Johann Groenewald, Managing Director of T4A, is very excited about this development since it has been in the pipeline for some time. “Ford approached us two years ago about the possibility of including our maps into their in-car navigation system and early last year I was involved in testing our map on their system. After a few small tweaks from our side Ford went ahead with production and they have now included our map in their SYNC 3 system.” Continue reading Tracks4Africa now on Ford’s navigation systems

The GPSMap 276 legend is back

Garmin recently relaunched its legendary GPSMap 276. Johann Groenewald, MD of T4A, tested the new version and found that it offered the same quality as its legendary predecessor, discontinued in 2009, plus much more…

‘I remember back to 2001 when I was given my first GPS by T4A founder Wouter Brand; a Garmin III, which resembled a Toblerone chocolate.  It was a solid little GPS but the battery was bad, the screen small and it could not store more than a day’s track.’ Continue reading The GPSMap 276 legend is back