Tracks4Africa Guide
by Tracks4Africa
Version 2.2.2 💾 43 Mb
📅 Updated February 28, 2020
Offline maps and detailed travel information for self-drive in Africa.
Features Tracks4Africa Guide
Welcome to the most detailed travel guide for overland travel in Africa.
This offline app offers a great map and huge amount of detailed places of interest for planning your next safari.
Your GPS location will ensure you stay orientated while using the app on your self-drive trip.Try it out for freeThe free app contains samples of the map and guide information.
If you like what you see, go to in-app purchases and get the full app functionality of the country that you want.How does it work?This is not a routing/navigation app.
The app aims to bring you offline access (i.e.
no internet connection required) to the following:• A detailed map of the country or region you purchase.
The country map roughly corresponds to a 1:1 000 000 paper map in terms of its detail and will allow you to view the map at different zoom levels.
The map works similar to a web map with the difference being that all information is installed on your device.
It contains place names like cities, towns and villages together with a detailed road and track network.
It also shows you all protected areas such as national parks and game reserves together with relevant background data such as rivers, mountains and major attractions.• A detailed guide with the following categories: Places (cities, towns, etc), Attractions & Activities, Parks, Scenic, Camps, Lodging, Food & Drink, Fuel, Shopping, Services and More (miscellaneous points of interest).
The guide information is linked to a location on the map and will display as a pin on the map for you to know where it is in reference to where you are.The app will display a map of the country or region and allow you to switch on different categories of points of interest.
You can also search for specific places by name.
The map search is location sensitive, i.e.
results will be relative to the centre of the map.Your position, determined from your Android phone or tablets location service, will display on the map so you can accurately orientate yourself on the map.
As you drive, your location will update on the map so you always know where you are.
(Device with GPS required) The search functionality is linked to the guide categories.
For example, if you need to find a campsite, simply switch on the Camps category.
Immediately all campsites around you will display on the map and you can click on them for more information.
Otherwise, if you know the name of a campsite, enter it into the search block and relevant results will be filtered.What kind of information can you expect?Apart from the categories already mentioned, points of interest will have associated information such as a description, contacts details, facilities and activities and some places will have photos.
Have a look at the sample data in the free app to get an idea of what we offer.What about updates?The guides are sold according to year e.g.
Namibia 2016 edition.
We will provide free updates for one year after it has been replaced by a new edition.
In other words, if you buy the 2016 edition, you will receive updates throughout 2016 and 2017.
You can obviously continue to use your guide for as long as you want, it does not expire - just like a book.
Space required for offline guides?369 MB South Africa196 MB Angola to Mozambique172 MB East Africa143 MB Namibia114 MB West Africa99 MB North Africa74 MB Central Africa62 MB Botswana32 MB Indian Ocean IslandsFurther developmentsThis is a brand new product and we envisage that it will develop new features over time.
Remember, Africa was not travelled in one day.
Talk to usWe sincerely would like to hear what you think of the app.
If you place a comment, question or suggestion in the review section, we cannot reply to you.
So please drop us a line so we can engage and learn what you would like to see in subsequent releases of our app.
You can contact us at [email protected] or via our Facebook page: facebook.com/Tracks4Africa.Geolocation improvements.
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"I also bought the extra South Africa maps and just have basic map with name's with no detail map with names. Bit disappointed though. I have a tr4 Africa SD card in my Garmin aswell was hoping to use the app"
Carel Wiggett
"Bought the South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland guide, only shows listings in North West ??"
Llewellyn Collins
"Very disappointed in this app. Theres no options to save destinations no options to plan an save an entire route. You pay alot of money for something you could've seen on google maps for free."
Gert Momberg
"It Carzy expensive for that you get. You can get all this functionality for free in Maps.me app"
Shui Sky
"No distance option. Very basic and unhelpful app. Very dissatisfied"
Johann Otto
"Disappointed going from my old version of T4A on Android which had navigation option to not having the ability to transfer to the new phone. Then paid R400 for two sets of maps plus the zoom function and no navigation. The fact that you have so search the net to understand this Guide has no navigation option (not stated when you buy) is nothing short of a scam!!"
Robert Duane
"Awesome, use it a lot in the middle of nowhere"
Hendrik Brink
"To little detail"
Charel Du Plessis
"Just wasted R400. No adress search function. No routing function. What a wast of time and money."
Chris & Marlene
"Has a zoom of about 20km max, then you have to buy premium or selected maps, not completely offline as well"
ellouise gr
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