Garmin MapSource 2008 Topographical U.S. Map DVD-Rom
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Customer Review: Inferior to competitiors products from four years ago.
Summary: 2 Stars
I recently switched from a Magellan Sportrak to Garmin Legend HCx GPS. I bought the corresponding Topo Map- Garmin Mapsource Topo U.S. 2008. While the contours are reasonable, the integration of the roads into the map is simply ridiculous. On a recent walk I took, it shows my track crossing a road that in reality I never get within 1/3 of a mile of. The actual road layout looked like they are from at least 10 years ago in my area. For curiosity I dug out my 2004 Magellan Topo 3D and plotted the same track. The information was correct. So as long as you have no need of how the terrain and roads are interrelated, this product is fine. But for those of us that do occasionally drive to a trail, or want to reach a civilized place while on a hike this product is of dubious value.Customer Review: Garmin 2008 software
Summary: 2 Stars
I was concerned about the 2008 Garmin edition of MapSource Topo. I have the previous edition. Apparently they have not updated the map detail in keeping with the regular updates done by the USGS. I called National Geographic about their Topo!GPS maps USA that are on a state by state basis but are 1:24,000 and are very detailed. You cannot transfer these maps to any Garmin unit as Garmin is very proprietary. You can transfer waypoints and POI's but not the maps. However National Geographic told me they have just completed arrangements with Magellan that will allow transfer of their 7.5 maps to the new Triton GPS that will become availabe in the near future. So their is still hope for better mapping but this will require purchase of a Magellan unit.
LJB
Customer Review: Not all I thought it would be.
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this for an E-Trex Legend handheld GPS that I use for OHV riding. I found that the Topo maps give adequate information on terrain, but leave out trails/roads that are present in the U.S Cities map that came with the Legend. So I traded out road/trail information for topographic information. I had assumed that the Topo maps would augment the routing information contained in the city maps, not substitute topography for routing. Since you can't use both maps simultaneously or switch on-the-fly with the Legend I'm not sure how useful it was to purchase this. The city map gives great road/trail info and the topo map gives great topography info, but I really wanted both in the same mapping software. Probably would not buy this if I had it do over again.Customer Review: GarminTopo 2008 Full of Errors
Summary: 1 Stars
After loading Garmin MapSource Topo U.S. 2008 mid-Atlantic region maps into my new Garmin 60CSx GPS I realized that my plotted position routinely had a 300-600 foot error from my known position in the Northern Virginia and DC-metro Maryland areas, over at least a 25 square mile area. When I called Garmin they told me that their cartographic dept. was aware of the problem, and ascribed it to "map digitization" problems. Garmin would not comment on any fixes planned.
A GPS - map system which is routinely in error by 300-600 feet is unacceptable!!! And a GPS company which doesn't take errors like this seriously is not serious about their product.
Customer Review: Garmin Topo 2008 US
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought Garmin Mapsource about 5 years ago with the garmin handleheld GPS. That one was really hard to use. About one year ago, I bought Nuvi 350. That one was easy to use and change my mind to continue to buy Garmin product. So I bought Garmin Topo 2008 for my new Garmin GPS. After I got it, I found that this one really disappointed me. The interface was pretty much the same and again hard to use. I hope Garmin can do some research to improve the interface and make it easy to use.
Be aware that it has 2025 map set limit when you transfer map to your Garmin GPS. If you plan buy a micro SD card, 1gb will be fine since Garmin's limit is a little beyond 1GB. So even you buy a micro SD card with large memory, it doesn't use it at all.