Hi all, I've had the National Geographic Topo (formerly TOPO!)program and maps for several years now. If they have maps for your region I can highly recommend them. I've used them quite a bit for the Boundary Waters, Voyagers National Park and the US portion of Lake Superior. The GPS option is great and also comes with a basic map of the US. It works flawlessly with my GPS unit (a Garmin 48). One nice feature is the map exchange where users can upload waypoint lists, routes and other info. For my area they've posted things like complete campsite and portage lists of the BWCA, the Lake Superior Watertrail, Cross Country Ski Trails in Superior National Forests and many others. Using Topo you can also upload your own routes onto the maps which is a fun feature when you want to compare your actual route to your planned paddling itinerary. -Patrick At 10:27 PM -0500 12/4/02, John Blackburn wrote: >> >My understanding, as it applies to Garmin's GPS's is that you can't >upload TOPO's your GPS from any source other than Garmin's CDs, You >can down load tracks/way points to other map programs based on USGS' >TOPO series such as produced by National Geo. I think you also can >upload way points from the National Geo maps, (they have a track/way >point capability built in to their TOPO maps). I've asked for the >NG TOPO map for my area for Christmas, I'll let you know how it >works. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 09 2002 - 12:24:02 PST
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