HOW CAN I SUBMIT DATA TO TRACKS4AFRICA?

The T4A GPS Maps are built from the collective travel experience of the travelling community. Anyone can join and contribute to the map.

Please read this helpful T4A Blog Article on how to submit your trip data to T4A

Please click here to read for more info on the T4A Community, how you can help etc.

Then see technical info here on how to extract track and trip logs from your GPS in order to submit to T4A:

Below are the steps to extract the track log from your Garmin GPS unit onto Garmin MapSource and Garmin BASECAMP.

GARMIN MapSource

Connect your GPS to your PC.

Open Garmin MapSource.

Click on transfer at the top of your toolbar.

Select receive from device.

The following window will open up.

Tick the boxes of what you would like to receive.

Click on receive.

The data will be listed on the left hand.

Save it to your desktop by going to File > Save As.Save the file in the file format as MapSource prescribes ie. .gpx format

You can then send the saved file to Newdata at Tracks4Africa.

On GARMIN BASECAMP

Click on Device on the toolbar.

Select Receive from Device.

Select the device name to receive data from and click OK.

The data received from your GPS unit and imported, will then be listed on the left hand side.

Save it to your desktop by going to File > Save As.Save the file in the file format as BASECAMP prescribes ie. .gdb format

You can then send the saved file to Newdata at Tracks4Africa.

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Updated on July 8, 2025

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