TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps, New England

by National Geographic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: 1597750441
• Item model number: New England
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

TOPO! State Series takes the hassle out of finding detailed maps for your next outdoor adventure. Each title contains thousands of high-resolution scans of authentic USGS 7.5' topographic maps. All maps are seamless, and easily printed from your home printer. Add trails, notes, symbols, photos and more with the easy-to-use map creation tools. A 3D mode enables you to preview your route and tour the landscape. Tell your GPS where to go, or download where you've been, with TOPO!s intuitive GPS import/export tool which is compatible with most devices from Garmin, Magellan and more. Take the guess work out of trip planning and calculate true terrain distances and view detailed elevation profiles. TOPO! State Series is available for all 50 U.S States and is both Mac and PC compatible.

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National Geographic's TOPO! State Series--The Easiest Way to Create & Print Detailed Topographic Maps for New England!

TOPO State Series has 5 levels of detail

Browse 5 Levels of Seamless Detailed Maps
TOPO! gives you five levels of map detail, from two National Geographic Atlas maps to a USGS 1:24,000 scale (7.5') seamless topographic map--the most detailed outdoor recreation maps available. Maps include: Two National Geographic Atlas Maps, for a State perspective. USGS 1:500,000 scale maps, highlights public lands. USGS 1:100,000 Scale Topographic Maps, Mid-scale topos perfect for planning long trips. USGS 1:24,000 Scale Topographic Maps, the most detailed terrain maps available. TOPO! maps are full color, high resolution scans of authentic USGS topographic maps, providing the best image quality available.

Create your own custom trail maps

Create waypoints and routes for your handheld GPS

Explore your route in 3D

Create and Print Your Own Custom Trail Maps
Create your own trail maps or keep a detailed journal of our outdoor activities with TOPO!'s easy-to-use map creation tools. Add text, detailed notes, photos, symbols, waypoints, compass headings and more. Customized maps are easily saved for future updates, printing, or sharing with friends. TOPO! was designed to make printing great maps at home hassle-free. Simply center the area you wish to print, select your page size (including support for plotters) and orientation (portrait v. landscape) and print. Users looking for more advanced printing options will find support for setting specific scales, adding coordinate grids and magnetic declination, including elevation profiles of your routes, even printing adjoining maps.

Tell Your GPS Where to Go!
Using TOPO!'s route tool, simply draw your path on the detailed maps and upload via your GPS manufacturer's computer connection cable (not supplied). Then hit the trail! Looking to save your adventures or create detailed maps of your favorite park? Use your GPS receiver's track log feature to collect a "bread-crumb" trail of your path. Simply import, and TOPO! will display your path on the detailed maps, ready for your editing and customization. TOPO!'s import/export GPS features are compatible with nearly all devices from Garmin and Magellan, plus select Suunto Wrist-top computers, Lowrance, and Eagle devices. Magellan Triton GPS receivers can also import and display map data!

View Your Trip in 3D and Calculate Exact Distances
TOPO! features an intuitive 3D view, enabling you to tilt, pan, and fly through the landscape, providing the perfect perspective for visualizing your route and the surrounding terrain. Coupled with the accurate tools for measuring true terrain distances and slope, and determining elevations, geographic coordiantes and compass headings (accounting for magnetic declination), TOPO! gives you the information necessary for navigating the outdoors safely.

Packed with Additional Features
Navigation and outdoor pros will a myriad of advanced features to meet their unique needs. Maps from TOPO! can be easily exported for use in other software applications or printed on plotters. TOPO! supports import of the popular GPX file format, as well as delimited text files for parsing lists of coordinate data. Advanced search features enable you to find items of a specific type within a distance radius and instantly create waypoints for them--for example: springs within a mile of camp, summits within two miles of basecamp, or landing strips within 50 miles of the trailhead. Stay up-to-date with TOPO!'s built in LiveMap Update utility, enabling you to download new maps or software updates as they become available.

About TOPO! New England
TOPO! New England is one of 28 different TOPO! State Series titles, contains 1 DVD and is compatible with both Mac and PC (Including the latest operating systems). TOPO! New England contains over 1400 seamless USGS 1:24,000 scale (7.5') topographic maps, covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

About National Geographic Maps
Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of the National Geographic Society, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking for nearly 100 years.

Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world s best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world. All proceeds from the sale of National Geographic maps go to support the Society s non-profit mission to increase global understanding and promote conservation of our planet through exploration, research, and education.

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Technical Specifications

Windows System Requirements: Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, ME, NT or 98. Pentium Processor or better, 64 MB RAM + 8MB Video memory, DVD Drive

Mac System Requirements: Macintosh OS 10.4 or Higher, 350MHz G3 or better, 128 MB RAM + 16MB video memory, DVD Drive

Compatible GPS: Most popular handheld devices from Garmin, Magellan, & Lowrance. Enables import and export of routes, waypoints and tracks.

GPS Map Transfer: Select Magellan GPS devices enable map transfer--see manufacturer's website for complete details.

Included in Package: 2 DVDs with software application and map data, quick start user-guide

Point of Origin: Designed by National Geographic in Evergreen, Colorado. Manufactured in USA

Product Description

TOPO! harnesses the power of authentic USGS topographic maps in an intuitive software product that recreation enthusiasts and professionals use to customize and print photo-quality topographic maps. TOPO! includes five levels of seamless mapping, including USA maps from the National Geographic World Atlas, USGS 1:100,000 scale mapping - perfect for back road navigation - and USGS 1:24,000 scale maps, also known as 7.5 minute quads. Users can custom-center the map in any location, add their routes, trails and notes. In addition, users can transfer waypoints and routes between TOPO! and their GPS units. TOPO! includes added content and features not on USGS maps: updated streets and roads, shaded relief, 3D views and fly-throughs and elevation profiles. Users can download map and software updates, and can print waterproof maps on their inkjet printers with Adventure Paper. The USA Placefinder locates more than a million places and natural features.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You Cannot Load These Maps onto Most GPS Units, August 17, 2007

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Joan Cousins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps, New England (Electronics)

This software looks great. Lots of amazing features. Includes 3-D and Fly-Thru views. It's more detailed than the Garmin MapSource Topo U.S. 2008 (1:24,000 vs. 1:100,000). It is both PC and Mac compatible. Garmin's is only PC compatible. However, you can only use this product on your computer and not on your GPS unit in the field. This is because Garmin will not allow it. You can transfer waypoints and routes but not the maps. According to reviews I've read, the Garmin Topo software is not detailed and not accurate. So, what to do? According to other reviews I've just read, National Geographic has just completed arrangements with Magellan to allow transfer of their 1:24,000 maps to the new Triton GPS that will become availabe in September or October. These new Magellan units are a lot more user friendly than than their old ones. If Garmin won't allow other software vendors access to their product, then they should at least make decent mapping software themselves. I'm going to return my new Garmin GPS and get one of the new Triton GPS units. At that point, I'll probably give this software 5 stars.

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad product to use in Garmin GPS, August 24, 2011

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Andre Creatini Da Rocha "André" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps, New England (Electronics)

I bought this product from AMAZON to use during a trip to Hanover, as it was my first trip to it and I have a Garmin Colorado400i with 3d.
I looked a map that could show me routes and montains in 3D, instaled in my computer and tried for three days to load my GPS.
Just today after more than 24 hours I received an email from Topo saying that this map can not be used in GPS (ONLY in COMPUTER).

So my money does not has value for this company because it is not clear that this is only for computer.

BAD PRODUCT, especial if you want to have it in your Garmin.

3.0 out of 5 stars Complete, accurate, hard to use, August 24, 2010

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CatskillHiker - See all my reviews

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This review is from: TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps, New England (Electronics)

The Topo! State products are the cheapest way to cover an entire state rather than use the Topo! Explorer and buy SuperQuads. The State series lacks the satellite imagery of the SuperQuads but many people don't use that anyway. What I don't like is the fact that there is no hand tool to pan but a travel tool that does not work as well. Also, the proprietary TPO format for files is annoying since it is impossible to easily trade between other programs. What happened to GPX? NatGeo customer service is slow but the techs seem to know what they are doing. Do not expect to talk to them on the phone. They only communicate by email!