Re: [Paddlewise] Best mapping software for kayaking...

For interface with my Etrex I use Delorme's Topo USA.  In its latest
upgrade it will interface with my Etrex nicely.  So far it is the only
topo software that I have found that will interface with the Etrex.
There is a better software package out there, Maptech Terrain Navigator
(They also have a marine version), but it will not as yet interface with
the Etrex.  If you have any of the other GPS units the Maptech may be
the way to go.  Of course there is a price to pay for this better
software.  Maptech charges $100 for the state of NH alone, four times
that much for the larger states like Maine.  But you can get only the
coastal part of Maine for $100, they had to break it down into 4 CD's.
The Delorme product costs $50 for the entire northeast region.
Maptech uses digitized USGS Topographical maps, resulting in much better
detail and the resulting larger data base.  I don't know where Delorme
got their data.  Please note that all prices quoted here are in US
dollars, I don't think that either product covers areas outside of the
United States.
Delorme;
http://www.delorme.com/
Maptech;
http://www.maptech.com/

Mike
Usual caveats apply.


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    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a
great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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