National Geographic TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D (New York City Area, Catskills, Poconos)

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National Geographic TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D (New York City Area, Catskills, Poconos)

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not Enough Map For Money
I like this software overall and some of NatGeo's maps. I would have given it 5 stars if NatGeo had not been so tight with the map data. You get all of Maryland beyond Baltimore 3.5 hours West of Baltimore (almost 200 miles!)but once over the Bay Bridge (about 40 miles) there is little of the Eastern Shore beyond the actual shoreline. There are a lot of fantastic Parks and great Rivers just a bit further East and still in Maryland but NatGeo didn't want to give up the extra quads to include these areas since they also include Delaware. Shame on you NatGeo! Cheap and greedy of you. I would have gladly paid a few extra bucks to have the MD's Eastern Shore and the Delaware Shore included with the DC/Balto region. Also, the maps are pretty old--1970's. I'd like to see NatGeo put a little more effort into this one.

Rating:

- National Geo Weekend Explorer - Albuquerque
I purchased this product to use with my GPS for trailriding. The five levels of zoom help tremendously when deciding where to take my horse. An added bonus is this application seems to allow me to open a fifth level of zoom with my State series which supports only four levels. I'm very happy with my purchase and have passed along this bonus information to my friends that have the State series.

Rating:

- A million maps in one... for $30!
This software is great! I've used it for 5 trips now throughout the Las Vegas area. Mostly out at Red Rocks, Lake Mead and Valley of Fire. As soon as Mt. Charleston thaws out, that will be the next destination.

Features I like:
1.Multiple views from broad general overviews of southern Nevada to highly detailed 7.5 USGS spec maps that I can really plan a trip with.
2. Transferring waypoints to and from my GPS.
3. Route making ability allows me to project and plot routes.
4. Routes are measured by distance and profile grade. I can see if a route I planned is too steep or not down to a percentage of a grade.
5. Photo/Note tool allows me to chronicle my travels on the software and save the maps for later reference.
6. Print/Export capabilities allow me to print out the part of the maps I want for my trips and allows me to save them as JPEGS to send to fellow hikers. Also can send projected hiking itineraries to friends in case of an emergency.
7. You can download the CD map content to your hard drive so you don't need the disk every time you use the software.

Features I don't like:
1. Some of the maps used by the USGS for this area haven't been updated since 1982, so the water level around Lake Mead is not accurate. It makes trip planning out there more difficult because you always end up in the drink on the map.
2. The route making tool is a little tricky to get the hang of. They should have made this tool easier to use.
3. Anytime you change options on the 3D portion of the map, you have to reload that feature; it just doesn't update on the fly.

Rating:

- No GPS? Boring...
To get full use out of TOPO! you really need to install it on a laptop and have a GPS connected. I have neither.

What it is good for, however, is amateur radio and other 2-way radio operators, who want to get elevation profiles from wherever they are to the mountaintop repeaters or other portable or mobile stations they are talking to. In other words, to see how blocked their line-of-sight is or will be.

National Geographic TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D (New York City Area, Catskills, Poconos)

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