- With TOPO! Explorer you receive a mid-level topographic map of the entire country and the ability to download the most updated and detailed topographic maps of your favorite area.
- Explorer Deluxe you have access to a wealth of updated trail and recreation information that can be freely downloaded to update and enhance your maps. From National Park trails to forest service roads and public land boundaries to boat ramp locations.
- TOPO! Explorer�s map making tools contain all the great features you�ve come to expect with new publishing, customizing, and printing tools, enabling you to always have the perfect map for the outdoors.
- With support for nearly all receivers from Garmin, Magellan, Eagle and Lowrance, GPS owners everywhere can take advantage of this new era in ease of use. In addition, Magellan Triton series owners can transfer detailed maps directly to their units.
- TOPO! Explorer Deluxe's online community enables you to give as you get with thousands of other users, sharing local knowledge, trail descriptions, photos, videos, and more. Like YouTube� for maps � you�ll find and share new places daily.
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TOPO! Explorer Deluxe contains a nationwide set of USGS 1:100,000 scale topographic maps, plus it enables you to select and download the detailed maps you need, anywhere in the United States, using the 25 included map credits. Maps can be updated with trails and valuable points of interest from the National Geographic Recreation Database, customized with your own information, printed, and used to transfer routes and waypoints to GPS � the ideal combination for any outdoor activity. The detailed maps for download are the National Geographic SuperQuads. SuperQuads share the same boundaries as the popular USGS 7.5� series topographic maps, which are approximately 50 square miles in size.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Stay away for now!,
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This review is from: TOPO! Explorer Deluxe (Electronics)
They finally issued release 1.0.5.0, which enables it to run on my Vista PC. However, it is not nearly as functional as the old State Series software--and harder (maybe impossible) to configure as well. Many key functions are not yet available. It would not access my old State Series. Support is abysmal--the only way to get phone support is to finally figure out their support email, then wait 72 hours for a phone call in response. SOME DAY they may get their act together--the concept is good, but they are just over their heads.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of your time and money,
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Other reviewers are correct. This is a horrible implementation of a good idea. I already had installed the National Parks and a state TOPO set. Thinking an upgrade to the latest version MIGHT pay off, I paid additional for an upgrade.
Unfortunately, the programmers didn't have enough wits to install the upgrade into the same (default) directory as the legacy products I'd bought -- so I couldn't use the program. The interface was simply a confused mess when trying to analyze the problem. A call to "customer service" led to a message saying to send them a detailed email about the problem. Finally, I figured out that the app had installed itself to the wrong directory, so I reinstalled and changed the default installation directory. That got the program working. Sort of. Now, when I click on a National Park from the main map, it tells me I need to buy some other product -- even though I've paid for the National Park maps and this was supposed to upgrade me to use them better. The user interface is simply awful. It is non-intuitive, clunky, and obviously designed with the user's needs as an afterthought. Think: early 1990s Windows3.1 applications on a modern platform, and you'll get the idea. I also notice that the elevation shows up upside down on many maps. For example, when looking to see how high a point is, the maps show "0098" instead of "8600" when looking up the side of a mountain. I "updated" the map I was viewing online, and maps from 2002 were installed. Why weren't they included on the installation CDs that were just recently released? Beyond that, the maps I've sampled are simply wrong. I see a jeep trail where I KNOW none exists, and other trails I know about don't show up. Without going any further at this point, I am sure the app has many more bugs to be discovered. The 3D mode won't draw across dual monitors, unlike Google's offering. National Geographic reminds me of Disney's software: turning out a lot of junk to milk unsuspecting consumers just cause they're big and they can get by with it. This app will make you pay more money to National Geographic in "updates" to see useful detail(i.e. 7.5 series). Yep, unless you're on dialup, use Google Earth instead. It's free and it works far better for seeing the true lay of the land.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the 1,
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This isn't the 1 to buy. Topo! uses USGS data. It is a long way from what we have come to expect and use when compared to Google Earth. As you zoom in, the maps get fuzzy. If you export these maps to a gps unit, the maps look the same as on the computer. Zoom in and they get fuzzy.
The engine that Topo! is built on seems to operate in in an odd way. Certainly not smoothly as in Google Earth. The data on the DVD is only basic. You have to connect to the web and the "store" to see more mapping detail. It isn't a free standing program that can be used in the field unless you have already downloaded the detailed maps. Need topo maps for your Magellan? Try Topo USA. Topo! isn't the 1 for you.
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