Topo USA 8.0 East Region [Old Version]

by Delorme

Product Features

• Updated U.S. highway, street, back road, and trail detail
• NavMode with 3-D GPS tracking and voice guided navigation for laptop PCs and UMPCs
• Realistic 3-D terrain views, with flyovers and 360-degree rotation

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001P6H948
• Item model number: AO-008037-203
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 9, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #11 in Software > Language & Travel > GPS Mapping Software
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

America’s Most Up-to-Date, Feature-Rich Topographic Software. In addition to DeLorme’s up-to-date terrain, road, and points of interest detail, Topo USA 8.0 East provides access to downloadable aerial imagery, NOAA nautical charts, and authentic USGS 1:24,000 quad maps. Integrate your data downloads with Topo USA 8.0 East on your PC for unrivaled planning, routing and navigating. Unlike online map and imagery sources, DeLorme data downloads can be integrated with Topo USA 8.0 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 USA 8.0 East also enables realistic 3-D terrain views with flyovers, as well as the unique ability to create routes automatically over both roads and trails. The rich level of detail includes land use, land cover, public lands (e.g., BLM, national and state parks and forests), and more than 4 million places of interest.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, when you get it working, August 4, 2009

By 

Steven B. Bowling "narticus" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Topo USA 8.0 East Region [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

Make sure your computer is completely updated (latest OS service packs, browser version, and video card drivers) or Topo 8.0 will not work. Once it's working, however, it does everything advertised and more. The interface is pretty easy to pick up without reading through any manuals.

The wealth of information that you can glean from a created route is outstanding. The 3D feature is fun to play with. You can get aerial or satellite images to create a more visually-realistic 3D image (the software comes with a certificate for $40 of downloads from Delorme's library).

If you want to plan hikes or cycling routes, this software is an outstanding tool.

2.0 out of 5 stars User interface not friendly, December 21, 2011

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Nitty's Mom "Dog lover" (Morristown NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Topo USA 8.0 East Region [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

The maps are good, but the user interface truly stinks. If they had a video tutorial or any decent documentation it would help, but as is, it is fairly useless.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy unless you own a Delorme GPS, December 16, 2010

By 

Happy Hunter - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Topo USA 8.0 East Region [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I bought this hoping to use it with my Garmin GPS and was disappointed when I found out I couldn't. The software itself is ok but you have to purchase satellite imagery at an additional cost. I find myself using Google Earth and the mapping software that came with my Garmin GPSMAP GPS rather than Topo USA.

Topo USA does do a very good job illustrating terrain in 3D and I do use this feature if I need it but I have to enter coordinates into my GPS manually. If you own a Delorme Earthmate GPS then Topo USA would be much more useful.