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| National Geographic TOPO Map (North Carolina - Windows) | 
 enlarge | Brand: National Geographic
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Color: North Carolina
Media: CD-ROM
Size: North Carolina
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 6 x 0.8
UPC: 641152918005
EAN: 0641152918005
ASIN: B00005QYZV
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| Customer Reviews:
 Useless with Garmin eTrex Vista C July 24, 2006
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I won't repeat the complaints by the other reviewers but I will agree with them. I have a new Garmin eTrex Vista C GPS, which is a good product. But, Garmin wants you to buy their poor quality MapSource software. Poor quality because of the scale. National Geographic TOPO software is somewhat clumsy to use, but it will produce a fine map and does a good job for large scale use, as in hiking, etc. The problem is that Nat. Geo. deliberately misleads in its cover blurb by implying that TOPO will work with "most popular handheld receivers." It won't. So, if you want to produce a topographic map, with a route marked on it, and measure distances, develop elevation profiles, etc., then NatGeo TOPO is useful. If you want to upload waypoints from TOPO to your handheld GPS, be careful!
 Non existent customer support - Did not work on Mac March 10, 2006
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
Allegedly installs on PC and Mac OSX (10.2). Attempted install on Mac G4 which more than met minimum requirements and could not plan routes, print maps, nor add markers. Tried to uninstall, reinstall to no avail. Website support is pitiful, phone calls and emails not responded to. I am beginning to think it would be easier to drive the 7 hours to Colorado from Wyoming to visit Nat Geo in person. Stay away mac users!
NOT Great software for Mac users! March 2, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just installed this software on my G5 Dual 2 Gigahertz machine and am very un-satisfied with the product! It is very slow to respond and if you were planning on imaging the disks to your hard drive for faster response, forget it. This software crashes ALOT and is overall unstable. The navigation is not like previous versions of Topo! either. Does the software work? Yes. Are the maps great? Yes. It is the interface that is poor on this one. National Geographic needs to go back to the drawing board on this one!
 Utah TOPO Maps February 25, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
These topographic maps on CD are excellent. The tools allow you to map a route and list GPS points and visualize an elevation profile. They are easy to use and print. A great hikers friend. I have used National Geographic TOPO maps for several states including Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. They are all excellent products.
Extremely Frustrating June 29, 2005
9 out of 23 found this review helpful
In the past 10 years of using numerous types of computer software this one has to be the worst. Even after reading the entire manual and troubleshooting tips from the website, I have spent hours trying to do things that are very simple in other software - such as simply saving a map that you have put an hour or two into creating. It is a very complicated and frustrating process. I'm sure I will finally figure it out, but I'll have to take detailed notes to be able to do it again!
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