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chimpanzee
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I am going to March 29 solar eclipse, & will be travelling in the Sallum area. I want to find a eclipse observation-site (with "natural surrounding", away from people & man-made objects). I need a detailed map for NW Egypt. Anyone know of any?

The best I've found is:

http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/sallum.jpg
[ this is from Libya map, made by Cartographia ]

It shows some dirt roads south of Sallum. In case the weather is bad on eclipse-day, I can drive east (or south) to avoid clouds.

I went to the local map store, & NONE of the major map-makers covers NW Egypt..only the corridor including Alexandria/Cairo/Luxor (popular tourist areas). Freitag, Cartographia, et al..zilch

When I get to Egypt (Cairo, Marsa-Matrouh, Sallum), I suppose I can find detailed maps. Anyone know of stores I can get them? I heard there is a market in Cairo, where you can "get anything".

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Sadeeqy
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http://www.mapquest.com (to search)

http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/egypt.htm (to buy)

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