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46 of 49 persons found the following review helpful.
US Topo 24k
By A. McManus
The maps are high solution and very usable, but only cover the National Parks and no topo data for areas outside of the parks.
66 of 73 people found the following review helpful.
Beware! Amazon is syndication an unidentified back level version.
By Downingville
Six weeks after purchasing US Topo National Parks, I called Garmin technical help with a problem. I was informed the version 2 sold to me by Amazon had been upgraded to version 3 in April 2006. Garmin also said they would not upgrade my software to version 3 because I had not remunerated the MSRP. Since it was over 30 days, Amazon does not provide an return option or upgrade to make this right.
With other Garmin merchandise on Amazon's web pages, it is stated that there is a more recent version of the product. This is not the case with Amazon's webpage for the US Topo National Parks. The web page does not tell apart the version of the mapping software.
Buyer Beware !! Amazon is retail a back level version of this mapping software.
23 of 24 humans found the following review helpful.
Love this as much as Yosemite!
By D. DeKeyser
First of all this product is just unbelievable!
Let me address the other reviews quickly:
- Go to the Garmin web site and look at incisively what you are buying
it details what parks, etc are included
- I purchased V2 from Amazon. V3 came out perchance a couple months later.
I contacted Garmin and they actually sent me a COPY of V3 before
it was even available to the public. Garmin client service is
just amazing!
- This is going to be outdated? Um, huh? What are you talking about?
Look at a USGS 7.5 map. THAT is what you are getting! The trails
have not moved in in a literal sense centuries. Some trails are re-routed
for respective reasons but the topo ain't gonna change in your
lifetime. I have hike almost all the trails in Yosemite (no kidding)
and the trails on the maps will get you there my friend.
OK...
So, IF YOU HIKE IN: Lassen, Glacier, Yosemite, Kings Canyon, or
a few other in the West (actually rather a few others). Then you
want this!
With an eTrex Venture Cx or equivalent you can:
- Load these maps
- AUTO-ROUTE the TRAILS on the maps
- see the profile of a trail that you auto-routed on the GPS
- Have the entire park maps (7.5 degree) (20 ft. elevetion between
topo lines) IN YOUR HAND
I hike extensive in Yosemite and this product is one of those
gimmicks that I would buy over and over again.
My wife and I likewise expended a week in Glacier NP and it was the bomb
there too!
Now if only Garmin would release a TOPO with this detail for the
entire state..
Hope this was helpful to you.
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