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Weve mapped every hill and valley. Download data from the MapSource TOPO U.S. 2008 DVD directly to your compatible Garmin GPS. Now you can enjoy topographic mapping detail no matter where your adventures take you. TOPO U.S. 2008 features digital topographic maps for the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It is available in two different formats making it easy and convenient to load data to your compatible Garmin device: MapSource DVD and preprogrammed micro SD data cards.
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Garmin's United States TOPO MapSource CD-ROM is similar to U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000-scale topographic paper maps. It includes trip and waypoint management functions that allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units (excluding the GPS 100 family and panel-mount aviation units). With MapSource, you can view highways, roads, hiking trails, snowmobile trails, backwoods trails, elevation contours, point and summit elevations, some bathymetric contours, geographic names, churches, and schools. Shoreline detail is included for lakes, reservoirs, small bodies of water, waterways, rivers, and streams. Icons represent boat ramps, dams, marinas, campgrounds, public facilities, mile markers, first aid stations, picnic sites, swimming areas, ski areas, wrecks, fuel locations, and dangerous and restricted areas.
In addition, nautical navigational aids for the 50 states are provided, including radio beacons, RACONs, and fog signals; river, harbor, and other lights; and day beacons and lighted and unlighted buoys. Shipwrecks, submerged rocks, obstructions, and other hazards to nautical navigation are also displayed.
Note on compatibility: The trip and waypoint management functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS 100 family and panel-mount aviation units. Specifically, the map-download features of this product work with the eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eMap, GPS V, StreetPilot, StreetPilot ColorMap, StreetPilot III, and GPSMAP 76, 162, 168, 176, and 295. Some units may require a Garmin data card to upload map data.
- Similar to U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000-scale topographic paper maps
- View highways, roads, hiking trails, snowmobile trails, backwoods trails, and shoreline detail
- Icons represent boat ramps, campgrounds, public facilities, swimming, and ski areas
- Transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units
- See Product Description for compatible Garmin products
Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows) Reviews
Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows) Reviews
| 68 of 69 people found the following review helpful  I agree... the detail is lacking, By This review is from: Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics) I bought this product for hikes and to guide me in navigating rivers. Only very major roads are named so I can't use this very easily to calculate my route there. Most roads are there but they just vanish at some points and reappear in others. Using a real topo map it is immediately obvious that these same roads do not dissapear and in fact continue on their course uninteruppted like a road should. The elevations and detail are very course. No trails are shown. I am not very happy I bought this product and am going to look into the roads and recreation to see if it does a better job. FYI I bought this to use with my Etrex Legend which I think is just great. 246 of 266 people found the following review helpful Definitely lacks detail, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics) I got this software for use with my Garmin eTrex Summit, and found it to be less than adequate for my work. As a botanist in the northwoods, I cover a lot of territory each season. I need to be able to view accurate and complete topographic maps, plot my tracks and markers on these maps, and orient locations by legal description -- Township, Range, and Section line -- so that I know, for instance, when I'm crossing property lines, say from public to private land.Mapsource's topo maps have few contour lines and omit many dirt roads, small lakes, and many other details. Most importantly, Township, range and section lines are omitted. In it's favor, Mapsource is easy to use. And the price is good: The entire U.S. for $100. I later obtained MapTech's Terrain Navigator software, and it works much better for me. The details are almost as complete as USGS topo maps. Township, range and section lines are included, as are complete contour lines and even some abandoned, bermed roads (on... Read more 51 of 51 people found the following review helpful  Mapsource Topo IS for real!, By Michael H. Wasileski (Endwell, New York United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics) After reading many disappointing reviews for Garmin's Mapsource Topo, I was very skeptical to purchase this product. I previously owned Garmin's "Points of Interests" (by Mapsource)for their E-Trex Venture. The GPS was great, but the software was very limited. It lacked detail of any kind. After time, I upgraded to Garmin's E-Trex Vista. This is probably the best hand held receiver on the market today! Now I needed the mapping software to go with it. Again, I researched the Mapsource Topo, and anything else I could find. Only after reading (one) person's review, (praising it), did I see any hope for Mapsource. I talked with a Garmin rep and he pointed me to a demo of "TOPO" and I thought it looked OK. Now, after buying it, and using it, I am totally satisfied! I would like to raise a couple of points that should clear things up. First, when you begin to view the maps on your PC, set the DETAIL settings(found under Edit) to LOW, as this will allow you to find the specific... Read more |
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