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TOPO! Explorer Deluxe | 
 enlarge | Brand: National Geographic
Category: CE
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $39.95
You Save: $10.00 (20%)
New (5) Used (1) from $32.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 1
MPN: TOW1023048
Model: TOW1023048
UPC: 749717230484
EAN: 0749717230484
ASIN: B00168A672
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | With TOPO! Explorer you receive a mid-level topographic map of the entire country and the ability to download the most updated and detailed topographic maps of your favorite area. | | • | Explorer Deluxe you have access to a wealth of updated trail and recreation information that can be freely downloaded to update and enhance your maps. From National Park trails to forest service roads and public land boundaries to boat ramp locations. | | • | TOPO! Explorers map making tools contain all the great features youve come to expect with new publishing, customizing, and printing tools, enabling you to always have the perfect map for the outdoors. | | • | With support for nearly all receivers from Garmin, Magellan, Eagle and Lowrance, GPS owners everywhere can take advantage of this new era in ease of use. In addition, Magellan Triton series owners can transfer detailed maps directly to their units. | | • | TOPO! Explorer Deluxe's online community enables you to give as you get with thousands of other users, sharing local knowledge, trail descriptions, photos, videos, and more. Like YouTube for maps youll find and share new places daily. |
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Product Description
114029 Features: Prepare for upcoming hiking, biking, backpacking, camping, hunting, fishing, and other trips with detailed topographic maps Dont limit yourself with pre-set maps Explorer Deluxe allows you to download 25 SuperQuads from anywhere in the US while providing a nationwide set of USGS 1:100,000 scale topographic maps Connect to National Geographics free national recreation database through Explorer; find up-to-date trails, recreational points-of-interest, trail descriptions, photos, videos, and more Share your experiences online with other TOPO! users through review postings and file sharing with the online community at the TOPO! website Get seamless map coverage at every level of detail with the best maps from National Geographic and the USGS Gauge the terrain by the stunning shaded relief depictions generated from millions of points of elevation; toggle it on and off to quickly visualize each area's land features Effortlessly zoom and pan across each of the map layers via TOPO!'s intuitive interface Downloaded maps can be used on up to 3 separate computers; compatible with most hand-held GPS receivers Specifications: System requirements: internet connection, DVD drive, Internet Explorer 60 or higher; 1Ghz CPU or better; 512mb of RAM + 64mb of Video Memory Windows ystem requirements: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, or 98 Macintosh system requirements: Mac OS 1039 or higherThe TOPO! Explorer Deluxe desktop application is compatible with both Mac and PC operating systems
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| Customer Reviews:
Total junk October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An absolute piece of nonfunctioning junk. I can't even download maps. It says they're downloading but they never do. Every time I load the app it says there is a new version available. Either there is a bug here or they are updating the app every ten minutes.
This is junkware. Stay clear unless they do some major retooling.
A waste of your time and money September 11, 2008
Other reviewers are correct. This is a horrible implementation of a good idea. I already had installed the National Parks and a state TOPO set. Thinking an upgrade to the latest version MIGHT pay off, I paid additional for an upgrade.
Unfortunately, the programmers didn't have enough wits to install the upgrade into the same (default) directory as the legacy products I'd bought -- so I couldn't use the program. The interface was simply a confused mess when trying to analyze the problem. A call to "customer service" led to a message saying to send them a detailed email about the problem.
Finally, I figured out that the app had installed itself to the wrong directory, so I reinstalled and changed the default installation directory. That got the program working. Sort of.
Now, when I click on a National Park from the main map, it tells me I need to buy some other product -- even though I've paid for the National Park maps and this was supposed to upgrade me to use them better.
The user interface is simply awful. It is non-intuitive, clunky, and obviously designed with the user's needs as an afterthought. Think: early 1990s Windows3.1 applications on a modern platform, and you'll get the idea.
I also notice that the elevation shows up upside down on many maps. For example, when looking to see how high a point is, the maps show "0098" instead of "8600" when looking up the side of a mountain.
I "updated" the map I was viewing online, and maps from 2002 were installed. Why weren't they included on the installation CDs that were just recently released? Beyond that, the maps I've sampled are simply wrong. I see a jeep trail where I KNOW none exists, and other trails I know about don't show up. Without going any further at this point, I am sure the app has many more bugs to be discovered.
The 3D mode won't draw across dual monitors, unlike Google's offering.
National Geographic reminds me of Disney's software: turning out a lot of junk to milk unsuspecting consumers just cause they're big and they can get by with it. This app will make you pay more money to National Geographic in "updates" to see useful detail(i.e. 7.5 series).
Yep, unless you're on dialup, use Google Earth instead. It's free and it works far better for seeing the true lay of the land.
Horrible August 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Don't buy it. horrible quality topo maps at maximum zoom. has no utility what so ever if you are trying to find forest roads or trails. google earth in terrain mode provides just as much useful information and it is free.
The program interface is horrible also. Links to download update would not work. No support at all from literature or web sites. A waste of 50 dollars
 Stay away for now! July 15, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
They finally issued release 1.0.5.0, which enables it to run on my Vista PC. However, it is not nearly as functional as the old State Series software--and harder (maybe impossible) to configure as well. Many key functions are not yet available. It would not access my old State Series. Support is abysmal--the only way to get phone support is to finally figure out their support email, then wait 72 hours for a phone call in response. SOME DAY they may get their act together--the concept is good, but they are just over their heads.
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