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| Topo USA 7.0 National Edition | 
 enlarge | From: DeLorme
Category: Software
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $79.96
You Save: $19.99 (20%)
New (15) from $79.96
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1112
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: DVD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 2.8 x 0.8
MPN: AO-7874-201
Model: AO-7874-201
UPC: 019916005948
EAN: 0019916005948
ASIN: B000XIH9R6
Release Date: November 5, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: With Topo USA you get the most up-to-date, most feature-rich topographic map software on the market. But why limit your view to just one map? Available downloads also include 1:24,000 USGS quads, NOAA nautical charts, and four different types of aerial imagery. Along with its seamless coverage of the entire U.S., Topo USA - National now delivers over 3 million new or updated roads, 4 million places of interest, new data options, and even more advanced GPS capabilities. With Topo USA and the available datasets, you can scout the terrain as if you were there. See the shape of the land for any location, with highly-defined shaded relief and realistic 3-D (with rotation and ?flyovers?). Determine land cover and land use. Find BLM and other public lands for recreation, plus Game Management Districts. New! Ships NOW! - MAPS4U from the shelves of our Wide World Maps and MORE! store
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| Customer Reviews:
 Some of the Worst Software Ever July 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been a computer consultant for over 20 years and therefore I've seen a lot of software I'm unfamiliar with at first. On most systems, I can figure out how to do the basics relatively quickly. But not on this software. Let me also add that I helped design and build custom navigation systems for the US Navy, The Coast Guard and even Special Forces units, so I am no stranger to navigational software. But Topo USA 7 defies all logic. There are endless hoops that you have jump through to upload a map to the Earthmate PN-20, so I assume it's similar to other units as they are yet another menu deeper. The help files are scanty and poorly organized. I play around with geocaching and have always entered the files through GSAK software into a Garmin ETrex which was OK. But Gsak doesn't support the Earthmate, so I tried using the Topo ware. It downloaded and displayed the file and the location correctly, but following directions in the Help file and from the Earthmate manual failed to get the file on the GPS. The GPS itself is great and easy to use for the basics without a manual, but you'll need other software to make the unit workable for uploading waypoints and such, which I still haven't figured out. I don't know if DeLorme reads reviews about their products, but if they do, I hope they revamp their development team as this software is incredibly hard to use out of the box. In addition, you can't set Start and Finish waypoints by right clicking like you can in almost every other program. The Help files say you can, but there is no option on a right click to do so. And the help file opens in place of the regular window which means you have to minimize it to go back to the map and there is no way to split screen it. Or if there is it's not in help files either. Want to set a route between two waypoints? You can't. You can do it OK in the GPS but not on your desk top unless you know a specific address to put in the Address book. Not very handy for geocaching especially away from developed areas. And since this is all a proprietary interface between the GPS and the Topo software, you can't use another program to get around the short comings of this absolutely awful software. It is without a doubt the worst software I've ever run across.
Clunky interface February 26, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although DeLorme Topo has the reputation as the best of its kind, I find it unyieldy and unusable. Its user interface in no way reflects standards established since Windows 98. Adding, editing, deleting waypoints is more of an adventure than actually being on the trail -- you never know the effect of any one tool, nor how perform simple edits. Worse, although the interface has two panels (one for a macro view, one for close out), zooming in or out inexplicably affects the other panel. Sorry, I find this software unusable, except perhaps to print maps of very localized areas. Forget trying to create a route to upload to your GPS.
 Staying with Garmin February 14, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased the Street Atlas / TOPO 6.0 / Blue Logger bundle a year ago. At the time I used a Dell XPS running XP Pro. Some setup issues, especially with TOPO 6.0 and the blue tooth Blue Logger. Finally got that sorted out.
Computer upgrade in July 2007 - more power and VISTA. Everything worked fine except Delorme. A real challenge getting TOPO 6.0 to work at all - still not fully functional. TOPO refuses to connect with the Blue Logger, even though the computer connects quickly. The Blue Logger is discontinued.
If you already have TOPO 6.0 you may be eligible for a free upgrade to 7.0 if you have a certain chip in your computer. I am sticking with Garmin.
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