TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps
- Print photo quality USGS topographic maps
- GPS Ready – Easiest Way to tell your GPS where you want to go and record where you’ve been
- Navigate in three dimensions with 3D fly-thru and instant elevation profiling
- Customize maps with photos, notes and icons
- Live Map Update ensures you always have the most current maps and software
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…. More >>
TOPO! National Geographic USGS Topographic Maps
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5 comments
M. Gilkey on January 7, 2010 at 1:03 pm
After spending $250 on a GPS, $40 on a memory card, and $100 on this software (all at the advice of REI (yeah, I bought it from REI, not Amazon)), I saw that the fine print of the software says you can’t download the maps to your GPS.
What’s the point of having maps sitting on your computer hard drive that you can’t download to your GPS? My computer hard drive isn’t going hiking. My computer hard drive isn’t hunting for difficult-to-find street. My computer hard drive isn’t doing a search and rescue mission. Oh, but if your computer hard drive ever DOES want to go hiking, it won’t get lost. You, on the other hand, will be lost and out $80-$100 if you buy this software.
If you thought National Geographic was a reputable organization, they’re not! (And I guess the same is true of REI.) And does Amazon warn you about this — not that I’ve found so far.
mrvco on January 7, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Sadly the maps included in the TOPO! state series are NOT the same as the Trails Illustrated maps also sold by National Geographic. I have no idea why, but the TOPO! state series maps do not include trails on them like their TI maps. I’m told that the National Park versions do include trails on them, but only inside the parks.
This might be ok if all you need are topos showing roadways or are willing to trust GPS plots that you download from the Internet, but this package is not very useful otherwise.
M. Dukas on January 7, 2010 at 5:16 pm
this product (CA version) is listed for $149 at Amazon and at $99 at the National Geographic website and at REI. What’s up with that? 50% over the MSRP?
David K. Dalpezzo on January 7, 2010 at 7:31 pm
I bought this software based on the belief it would show trail maps for hiking. Trail maps are only available via a download (not a big deal), but trail maps for PA and NJ don’t exist!!!
If you want maps that show existing trail maps for hiking in PA, do not purchase this software.
yarnell kid on January 7, 2010 at 9:44 pm
happy w/program, easy to use, but when i printed out manual the table of contents came out unreadable and pages were not numbered.this is my first map program ,so i don’t have any thing to compare with—-