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: 1 pounds
• 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: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,080 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #33 in Software > Language & Travel > GPS Mapping 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 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 "bandzero" (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Topo North America 9.0 (DVD-ROM)

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.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Topo 9, September 19, 2010

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Van - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Topo North America 9.0 (DVD-ROM)

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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Use, March 27, 2011

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Michael B "Idahocameraeye" (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Topo North America 9.0 (DVD-ROM)

I bought this software to plan a cross-country bike ride. My route follows roads mostly but also utilizes some trails (about 500 miles of trails). I was fully able to get the software to behave for all mapping and planning when the route involved ONLY roads. When I attempted to link my route to a well-known and long-established trail system, the program absolutly refused to recognize the presence of the trail as a viable route and would not allow me to integrate the trail into the the route as long as I was mixing roads and trails together. I worked on this problem with Delorme customer and technical support for about 20 hours and never did succeed in getting it to work, despite claims from the tech folks that it was possible.

If you want to use the software to plan a trail route and/or a road-based route independently, it works fine for that. But forget about integrating the two types of features - it's probably possible to do, but I've not figured out a way to make it work.