Review of Maptech Terrain Navigator (Colorado)

March 12th, 2010 No comments

Maptech Terrain Navigator (Colorado)I have Maptech’s Terrain Navigator for Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Colorado.It is by far the best topo program I’ve used.I’m able to place comments on a map, pinpoint locations, use my Garmin 60Cs to track movement, and a variety of other things.I have used it for my business, and it’s become indispensable for us.

I have tried Nat’l Geographic’s topo program for Utah, and it doesn’t have quite the number of features of Maptech.Nor is it as easy to use.The only gripe I have when comparing Nat’l Geographic’s program to Maptech is that a person is able to copy the Nat’l Geographic map CDs directly to your hard-drive, rather than to have to find a CD for any given map.

This program contains copies of the actual USGS maps in 1:25k and 1:100k formats.The data seems very up-to-date (I’ve compared the Maptech maps to hard-copy maps at REI), and you’re able to zoom in quite a few levels.

I highly recommend this for any state and for any outdoor endeavour.

(ADDENDUM – ONE YEAR LATER:You can now add the CDs and their maps directly to your hard-drive, like the “National Geographic” program mentioned above.So, even higher kudos to Maptech!)

Product Description
USGS Topos on CD-ROM USGStopo maps are the recognized standard for off-road navigation. Maptech scans official paper maps to produce clear and detailed images of all 58,000+ USGS maps

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