Member Since: 30 Apr 2012
Location: West Berkshire
Posts: 26
Hi to all, especially those who have been to Morocco.
We are heading out for our first trip mid Sept. I am particularly interested in how to ensure our trip is a success; my wife is not too keen on spending too much time driving. My rough plan at the moment is to catch ferry and then head down to Marrakesh on the first African day with the aim of getting to the start of MS6 (Chris Scott). Travel along MS6 at a leisurly pace over two days. From there the intention is to spend a couple of days in the Erg Chebbi region. We will probably hit the main tourist gorges simply because it is an easy tick.
Having reached my primary objective, plans are flexible. Probably to head back towards Marrakesh with a spot of walking or climbing en route is a simple aim whilst hitting one of the popular stopping points.
I would like to know how one can use tracks such as Olaf (mentioned in Chris Scott's book)? Do I need to use a small laptop and a gps dongle or what, or can I send the data to the disco 3 sat nav? And if I do need a laptop are there any recommendations and where do |I locate it in a D3?
Regards,
George
PS I don't want to have an epic as I want ot come back!!!
9th Aug 2014 11:25 pm
JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2485
for what it is worth - I would not do Marrakesh twice -try Essaouira (need to check spelling!) on west coast - much calmer place!
I would pick and choose from the Scott book when you get there- depending on weather and time available, its really worth doing some of the proper "backroads" and camping for at least one night in the middle of nowhere (apart form the inevitable goat herder who will appear). The gorges are pretty touristy and wont really take long to "do".
Ref nav - the D3 will only give you Lat and Long as you will have driven off the euroep map.
My set up is enclosed with a ram mount system - using a Toughbook and USB GPS. Use opensource mapping, OLAF is also OK and I used nRoute and switched between the two. USB cable you can see from the top is for a 3G dongle sat on the dash - relatively cheap in country and allows pretty reasonable coverage and data for google satellite images as well.
(for info the CF19 tough book will be for sale next week... with all the nav software and UK OSGB coverage....)
10th Aug 2014 8:07 am
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1275
I also use a Toughbook but with Memory Maps and a USB GPS. What is this "open source mapping" you talk of?
Thanks
John
10th Aug 2014 8:17 am
JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2485
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