Re: How useful is U.S. TOPO 24K?

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:39:13 -0700, Phil Wheeler <wt6uh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Yesterday I discovered and ordered Garmin Topo
U.S. 2008, with full country coverage. 100K:1
scale, but should be a big improvement over the
older version of Topo US -- with over 4 GB on a
single DVD vs. no more than 2 GB on three CDs.
Roads are shown with names. Contour interval in
my area is 150 ft (vs. an interval even only in
meters) in the old set).

It can be ordered here:
http://www.gpsnow.com/gmmstp.htm

Not a replacement for 24K Topo .. but provides
coverage everywhere.

Pretty lousy coverage in my neighborhood.

I live a few hundred from Saguaro National Park and the map fails to
show all of a paved road through the park. Instead it shows part of
the paved road but just quits showing it where it intersects a dirt
road, which it does show.

The 24K series has it right.
.