Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows)
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• 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

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Customer Review: Excellent software -- ratings here don't do it justice
Summary: 5 Stars

That scary situation has persuaded me to buy and use a GPS when I go back to Crested Butte this summer (2003). I bought a Garmin GPSMap 76S, which I have used too little so far to review. I also bought the Garmin Mapsource USA Topo CD-ROM. And I'm making the Reno Divide-Bear Creek-Flag Creek route on which I became lost the acid test of the mapping software's usefulness.

As alluded to, I haven't yet been able to use the software or the GPS on the route itself -- it's probably still snowed in, and I'm in California. Based on what I've seen on the computer screen, however, the software is excellent. As pointed out in another review, you need to set the map settings to maximum detail. Doing that in the area of Reno Divide-Bear Creek-Flag Creek, the CD-ROM map still does not show every trail and landmark -- I'm going to have to do some interpolation -- but I believe I have enough detail to be able to plot accurate waypoints and download them to my Garmin GPSMap 76S. If I'm wrong, I'll find out later, but so far it looks promising.

I've detected a few flaws. In the area of California in which I live, the unincorporated hamlet of Canyon appears a mile or two away from where it is actually located. In the Reno Divide-Bear Creek-Flag Creek area near Crested Butte, the software informs you that you're in a national park when you're not. Still, this product is first-rate from my experience with it so far. And to be able to obtain topographical information for the entire United States at this price is a bargain.

Description of Garmin MapSource U.S.A. Topographical Map CD-ROM (Windows)

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.