Topo North America 9.0

by Delorme

Product Features

• Complete U.S. and Canada topographic maps and detailed streets
• Over 4 million places of interest in the U.S. and Canada
• See the terrain in vivid detail using the 3_D map views and controls
• Add local roads to the software, assign a name, save it and a create route.
• Includes data download certificate good for supplementary data includeing USGS 1:24k, Canada 1:50k quad maps, NOAA and imagery maps

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003IPCVC4
• Item model number: AO-008184-203
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,908 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Topo North America is the most complete mapping software available for outdoor recreation, with unsurpassed maps, available imagery, trip planning features, on road navigation, and GPS capabilities. Scout your destination as if you were there, anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, with up to date terrain, trail, and road detail. Explore or fly over realistic 3-D. Import aerial imagery. Route your travels over roads and trails. See elevation profiles. Customize and print maps at a wide range of scales. Then, navigate worry-free anywhere from the Yukon to the Rio Grande. Everything you need comes in the box: *Complete U.S. and Canada topographic maps and detailed streets *Major roads for Mexico*Over 4 million places-of-interest in the U.S. and Canada *Extensive U.S. trails network and public lands, including BLM *Flexible printing choices *Ability to share your custom maps over the internet, and more. Adding local roads to routing is a DeLorme exclusive, this is the best way to update local roads when new developments are planned or added between DeLorme software releases. This tool lets you draw in the road segment, connecting it to another local road within the database. Assign a name, save it, and when you create automatic routes, the software is smart enough to include these new roads in the routing calculations and also update the directions. In addition to the enhanced topographic and street maps in Topo North America, your purchase includes a $40 Data Certificate, good for supplementary data as Web downloads. Options include USGS 1:24,000, Natural Resources Canada 1:50,000 quad maps, NOAA nautical charts, and aerial imagery. Unlike online map and imagery sources, DeLorme data downloads can be integrated with Topo North America maps. Use the split-screen editing capability to identify and mark structures, landmarks, navigation markers, new roads and trails, and other features with pinpoint GPS accuracy. Topo North America 9.0 does it all.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard to use, easy to lose data, but pretty January 27, 2011

By M. Mason

Amazon Verified Purchase

The good side to this software is that the views of the terrain it offers are attractive; especially the 3D view gives one a good overview of the land.
However, the interface to this software is straight from the DOS world of 1990. Delorme has consistently refused to confirm to any Windows design standards. The only way to find the functions one needs is to poke through the scattered assortment of tab buttons, icons, and menus items, and learn by trial and error.
I use this for geocaching (with a Delorme GPS), and TNA9 shows promise in helping to manage logged and unlogged caches, but warning: the synchronization process is very deceptive, and it is rather easy to lose a whole days geocaching activity through unfamiliarity with exactly how the program updates/copies files from computer to GPS and back. (Unfortunately, again your learning path is trial and error.) On the forums (peer to peer) one is told to use Windows Explorer to copy files from GPS to your cache documents. How's that for a vote of no-confidence? I am considering foregoing the pretty interface and looking for open source software to manage my caches. That would be more secure.
BTW, TNA9 comes with a purchase of a Delorme GPS. I would not consider using this software if I didn't also have a Delorme GPS.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Works with my Garmin October 29, 2011

By Thomas Cain

Amazon Verified Purchase

My reasons for buying DeLorme Topo is for planning hiking trips and to review where I have been after a long day of hiking. It works well with my two Garmin GPS. It took a while to figure out how to interface the Garmin GPS but once I did it worked just fine. I also have had experience with an older version so I knew what the end game should look like. I gave the product only 4 stars because I think the user interface could still be easier to use. The GUI seems a little complex to me and takes a bit of time to get used to. But once you do, you will really enjoy the software. I really like the 3D view.

24 of 31 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Topo 9 September 19, 2010

By Van

Amazon Verified Purchase

It works But I already had Topo 5 and thought Topo 9 Maps would have been updated more than they are there is a lot of roads that are not on Topo 5 or 9. So I was disappointed in Topo 9 and just wasted my money.