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GPSTravelMaps.com was established in 2006. The initial concept came earlier though when I was traveling through Central America. During the course of the trips it became apparent that the GPS was nice to see the coordinates of where I was at and a vague concept of where I was was in relation to roads, cities, ruins and geocaches, but the basemap inside the GPS was essentially worthless. After returning from that trip, I moved to Cape Town, South Africa where once again the map inside the unit was nothing more than a beige background. I began tinkering with different GIS data that I had and developing a local scale map of Cape Town for my own use. After some testing and extensive on the ground use of this map, I offered it to others online to gauge the demand for such a product. In January 2007, I opened the website with corresponding webstore to offer these maps for other travelers to use while visiting a particular place. The demand has been high, with the website expanding its map selection and an ever increasing number of GPS users who have found the detail of the maps offered on GPSTravelMaps.com to be of exceptional value for their own travels.