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MapSource 2008 Topo advantages?
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| Does 2008 topo fix any of the issues of the earlier release, like:
Horribly outdated and just plain wrong maps. I never knew my vehicle
had off-road capability and could go through dense forests, according
to the GPS. Some roads are 1/4 mis off where they should be!
Navigation problems. When choosing go to a waypoint, it will
start not where you are, but choose a route far away from you,
from a major highway. Choosing the off-road feature is actually
much more accurate. MapSource Topo 6.1 cannot navigate by roads.
Worse, every time you download data from the Garmin device, you
have to insert the appropriate CDROM. If you damage you CDROM,
you are screwed. Oh well, it's not a bug, it is a feature.
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| Phil Wheeler 2007-07-31, 10:33 am |
| SQ wrote:
> Does 2008 topo fix any of the issues of the earlier release, like:
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> Horribly outdated and just plain wrong maps. I never knew my vehicle
> had off-road capability and could go through dense forests, according
> to the GPS. Some roads are 1/4 mis off where they should be!
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The 2008 version shows more roads. And it adds
road labels, not seen in the 10-yr old version.
> Navigation problems. When choosing go to a waypoint, it will
> start not where you are, but choose a route far away from you,
> from a major highway. Choosing the off-road feature is actually
> much more accurate. MapSource Topo 6.1 cannot navigate by roads.
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Not designed to route on roads, so not surprising
it won't. For that you need City Nav NA or NA NT.
> Worse, every time you download data from the Garmin device, you
> have to insert the appropriate CDROM. If you damage you CDROM,
> you are screwed. Oh well, it's not a bug, it is a feature.
>
2008 comes on a single DVD and installs on your HDD.
The old version was created back when HDDs were
much smaller and the assumption was that folks
would not want to fill their drives with maps.
But many of us successfully loaded the old version
of Topo US on our HDDs.
I've upgraded from the old version to the 2008
version and am very happy I did.
Phil
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> I've upgraded from the old version to the2008
> version and am very happy I did.
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> Phil
I've been a bit reluctant to upgrade to Topo 2008 because the older
version is such a marginally useful product and most posters don't
perceive the update to be much of an improvement. However, I recently
found it on Amazon for $59.10 with shipping. The $30 upgrade rebate
brings that cost down to less than thirty bucks. For that price I'm
willing to give it a try.
Bob
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| I finally upgraded, here is my review.
The look is almost the same, but the maps are more up to day.
The previous version had horrible errors - not showing the roads
that were there... off by hundreds of feet from the road you
are supposed to be on, etc.
2008 Topo is still not current, but much newer, and I haven't
seen any errors yet.
The most annoying thing was it's inability to be installed
on the hard drive - 2008 Topo fixed all of that. Definitely
a most welcome upgrade.
I also upgraded to the latest firmware, FWIW.
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