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Africa Updates to Google MAPS

Google has added new countries and detail to Google maps. From the update blog:

The next time you visit Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria or most of the 50+ countries in Africa, you need not carry with you maps and guides and other travel aids. Google has now launched detailed maps for several countries in Africa – Maps that are searchable and contain rich information of geographical features, roads, landmarks and other attributes.

Setting up a home router as a gateway to your home is not a hard task but this guide from Maximum PC has a lot of good information and tips and is a worthwhile read if you are new to working with them. Find it here.

Google Maps Update In Africa

Google has added new copuntires and detail to Google maps. From the update blog:

The next time you visit Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria or most of the 50+ countries in Africa, you need not carry with you maps and guides and other travel aids. Google has now launched detailed maps for several countries in Africa – Maps that are searchable and contain rich information of geographical features, roads, landmarks and other attributes.

Read more details on Googles update blog as well as find out how you can contribute to helping add even more detail here and here.

Africa Cell Phone Wiki

For anyone that travels in and out of Africa this site could prove to be very helpful. A wiki has been started to list all of the carriers and related info on cell phone service in Africa. When buying a phone that is unlocked for traveling is good to check and make sure that countries that you frequent will support the phone. And as the site says:

YOUR JOB:

Find your country and enter whatever you know about your local costs, speeds and service levels for mobile phone operators and internet service providers (ISPs).

http://africansignals.com/

240 Volt Store In Toronto

For those of you who travel/live/visit Toronto and are looking for 240 volts solutions to be shipped overseas here is a site for a store in Toronto that sells and has a lot of different things in 240 volts. This is a great find and as the store stocks a wide array of items all the way from shavers and lights all the way up to generators. Thanks to Shawn for the this find.

http://www.240v.com

Sona Distributors Inc / 220v.com Inc

1520 STEELES AVE. WEST , UNIT 119, AT DUFFERIN
TORONTO, ONTARIO
L4K 3B9, CANADA 

TEL: 416-220-VOLT (8658)
              905-669-3734

FAX: 905-669-3899

TOLL FREE: 1-888-766-2220 (CANADA)
TOLL FREE: 1-866-220-7662 (USA)

Hours (Eastern Standard Time):

Monday - Friday 10AM - 7 PM
Saturday 10AM - 6PM
Sunday CLOSED

New Section – GPS & Mapping

We have just added a new section that will be built upon as we go on GPS & Mapping as it relates to the field. I have been working with GPS devices for quite some time now and starting to figure out how they can be used in the bush or the back streets of the mission field to help out and ease everyday use. Checkout the new page and please leave us a comment on any helpful information you may have to be added to our page.

Go to Page – http://zamsat.com/?page_id=99

Blocking Large E-mails

When using slow connections such as a Satellite Phones, Fixed Satellites or Dial up access at one point you will be faced with the fact that not everyone understands what the impact of not having high speed Internet access is. Due to the fact that is now somewhat uncommon for people in North America not to have access to high speed Internet, the socially accepted average size of an e-mail has risen to considerable. Today most systems will not block e-mails under 2MB, which will physically choke a dial up or satellite connection.

How do you fix this, well there are several ways. First some Internet Service Providers allow you to specify what you will allow for an e-mail size, but not everyone has access to these settings. The easiest is to configure your e-mail client to not download e-mail over a specified size.

To see step by step instructions go here.

Creative Laptop Bags

When travelling overseas, usually with multiple bags and not wanting to have your laptop sitting out and obvious selecting a good bag is important. In addition the right bag selection ensures that you laptop or notebook is kept clean and free from dust, debris, bangs and scratches. Up to now that has always been a little boring. But Skooba Designs now has an alternative for that in a fairly cheap price range, a laptop sleeve that you can draw on and design yourselves.

From their site: “With a flip of the flap, the Skooba Skin converts from a sleek, padded laptop sleeve to a tote, or vice-versa. Skooba Skin is designed to protect a computer while carried inside another bag or suitcase, or to be used on its own for meetings, classes or other times when the laptop alone is all that needs to be carried.”

Visit http://www.skoobadesign.com/product/skooba-skin-diy-38/ for more info.

Afrigadget

Ranked by by Time as on of the Top 50 Best Sites of 2008, Afrigadget is a unique site that gives insight into innovation in Africa.

“There’s a lot of international development news that doesn’t make it onto CNN…Recent entries have covered efforts to create biodiesel fuel out of local pine nuts in Sierra Leone, and programs to build bicycles out of bamboo in Ghana and Kenya”

Checkout Afrigadget.com – http://www.afrigadget.com/

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