“The African Series 2008 maps are a great advance on the prior release,” says Jason Theunissen, Sales Director of Avnic Trading, Garmin’s exclusive distributors in South Africa. “The new release expands on both the quality and the quantity of map information. In addition to greatly extended coverage of small towns and villages, there are routable tracks in game parks and reserves and thousands of additional Points of Interest. We are not only telling you where you are, but adding more information on what is around you.”

The new series Southern Africa Streetmaps covers South Africa and 8 other countries (Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia) in one routable map set, allowing you to navigate and plan routes throughout the Southern Africa region. It includes over 675000 km of routable roads and more than 140000 Point of Interest. The Topo and Recreational maps include all the information in the Streemaps but with Topo information such as contours and land usage as well.

New additions to the series are the Southern Africa Streetmaps DEM (Digital Elevation Modelling) which display maps with elevation shading information for the latest units from Garmin like the Colorado, which can show maps with a 3D-like appearance, and the South Africa Waterways maps which add depth contours for three major dams and show rivers and streams.

To purchase or upgrade maps, customers need to purchase the data DVD from one of Garmin’s many outlets, then go to www.garmap.com to purchase an unlock key.

Customers who purchased a map set on or after 1 January 2008 will qualify for a .free unlock key to the 2008 series equivalent.