82 of 84 people found the following review helpful:  How to Use Garmin BaseCamp; Review of Garmin Topo US 24K, February 26, 2010 This review is from: Garmin MapSource TOPO! US 24k West Topographic Coverage for Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada (DVD) (Electronics) HOW TO USE GARMIN BASECAMP WITH GPS TOPO MAPS (SOME BASICS); A REVIEW OF GARMIN TOPO U.S. 24K WEST & OTHER GARMIN BASECAMP MAPS 2/26/10 FIRST SOME PROS & CONS ABOUT BASECAMP: PROS: This is a really cool program. You can find any area on the map, blow it up to whatever size you want, print out a paper copy with UTMs and/or transfer the map to a Garmin (at least) mapping GPS, which shows you exactly where you are on the map, etc. It works great in general and is easy to use ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT. Excellent tech support is available via email (through [...]) or phone. It apparently works well on Mac (OSx 10.4 or later) as well as PC (I have it on Vista). CONS: NO INSTRUCTIONS EXIST (as of Feb. 2010)! It has many, but not all, of the trails that are on USGS or Trails Illustrated topo maps (although you can compensate for this by adding "tracks," perhaps with assistance from a topo map that shows where the trails are). Apparently route lines have to at... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?  
91 of 94 people found the following review helpful:  Great new product!, May 30, 2009 This review is from: Garmin MapSource TOPO! US 24k West Topographic Coverage for Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada (DVD) (Electronics) I'll cut to the bottom line: As far as I can see, this is the best topographic mapping product available. It's better than computer maps from DeLorme, National Geographic or other vendors, and much better than Garmin's earlier "MapSource" product. Maps displayed on one's PC or Mac (I've tried it on a Mac) are visually compelling, with very high resolution and near-perfect accuracy. There is also an excellent user interface -- you can browse, zoom, rotate or tilt to your heart's content. Even better, these high-resolution maps (unlike anything from other vendors) can be downloaded directly into your Garmin handheld. Most recent Garmin models are supported. Today while out hiking I was astonished at the detail and resolution on my handheld -- 40 ft topo lines make a enormous difference when deciding whether the hill in front of you is a mountain or a molehill. The only downside I have noticed is that there aren't very many hiking trails... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?
35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:  Lacks detail, December 5, 2009 This review is from: Garmin MapSource TOPO! US 24k West Topographic Coverage for Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada (DVD) (Electronics) For fun, take a paper or digitized paper topo of Panamint City (Surprise Canyon, Inyo County, CA, the Ballarat quad) and look at the level of detail on that map -- all the mines, roads, springs, and so forth. Then take this product and pull up the same area. You'll see that it's missing most of the details, even though both are supposed to be 1:24K maps. And what detail there is, is sometimes incorrect -- for example, they put Ballarat into the middle of Panamint Dry Lake! On the plus side, the latest version works fine on MacOS Snow Leopard, and programs my Garmin 60csx and Garmin Nuvi 200 just fine. It's even a routable map, unlike older versions of the software which required you to turn off the topo map to route. But really, Garmin's maps are just plain pathetic compared to the real thing. Even though Delorme's PN-40 irritates me because of its small screen, short battery life, and lack of a belt clip (not to mention that I have to boot into Windows to run their... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? |
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