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| Brand: National Geographic
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $79.95
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 65669
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows Nt, Windows 95
Media: Electronics
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 2
MPN: Kansas and Nebraska
Model: Kansas and Nebraska
ISBN: 1597750379
UPC: 749717205215
EAN: 9781597750370
ASIN: 1597750379
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 11-15 of 27
 NG topo map January 16, 2007
S. Trigilio (Davis, CA USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Doesn't interface with our GPS, but made a recent trip up California's PCH even more interesting and informative. All the little trailheads we usually drive past were on there for hike planning. Changing disks along the way were a bit inconvenient.
 Buggy and you can get 24K maps for free September 23, 2007
A. Burchett (Bishop, CA)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This program does have some good features - but the interface is awkward and it crashes frequently. Also, the USGS web site provides free downloads of all 1:24,000 quadrangle maps. With a little trim and paste work you can get custom areas and you don't have to spend good money and not good software.
A Good Program September 23, 2007
S. Toste (Fresno, CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good program with many useful features. I use it primarily for hiking and backpacking in the Sierra Nevadas. The excellent quality maps that I can print out are perfect to use in conjunction with my GPS receiver. You can't download the topo maps into the GPSr, but that's okay since the GPSr has such a small screen (and I prefer having a paper map in hand when hiking). The program also lets me plot courses along trails and calculate hiking distances. The elevation profile tool has been very handy and there is an option to include the profile at the bottom of a map print out. My only complaint is that the USGS maps used by the program do not have all of the trails that other paper maps include (but then again, I've found a few trails in this program that aren't on some of my other paper maps). I also save waypoints and courses to a ".gpx" file which I can then import into Google Earth to get a better feel for terrain and vegetation. I give it 4/5 Star because it is not perfect (see above complaint) but it is close. Overall, I highly recommend this program for anyone who enjoys hiking in California's mountains.
 Great mapping tool March 8, 2007
Steve (Richmond, VA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this software to help design hiking routes for use with my Garmin GPS Map60CSx. It took just a few minutes to learn, and I found it easy to create routes and waypoints. The integration with the GPS receiver was seamless, and the pictures are beautiful. You can build elevation profiles, see your route in animated 3D, and National Geographic's MapXchange server allows you to find and download routes from the web for use with this software. You will have to check and perform the software upgrade in order to integrate with the newest mapping receivers, but this was neither challenging nor problematic. Please remember that you cannot copy the maps to your GPS - only the routes and waypoints. And this software is quite expensive for the limited coverage. I also have Garmin's MapSource Topo software, which has all of the US on 3 CDs for about the same price. But there really is no comparison - you get what you pay for. With National Geographic, you will get high quality maps and an excellent user interface. I actually find it easier to use the National Geographic software with my Garmin receiver, rather than Garmin's own product.
 Difficult Program To Install and Use December 25, 2007
Ratty (Brevard, NC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I received this product today for Christmas and spent about 4 hours installing and figuring out how to use the software. Frankly, this is the most difficult installation I have ever experienced:
The installation software doesn't automatically install in Widows XP. One has to type it in the command line in "Run". (Yes, I know this is a minor inconvenience, but it's an indicator of other user unfriendliness.)
The imbedded operating manual is not up to date and must have been written for an earlier version. In some cases the instructions are wrong for the new version. The manual is poorly organized with important installation instructions embedded in FAQ's near the end of the document.
No instructions are given for installing the 5 CDs that contain the topo maps for North and South Carolina. The instructions are buried on page 87 of a 94 page manual! The procedure should been provided in one of the first pages and presented more clearly.
The procedure for saving a simple topo map is confusing and laborious.
The "Notes and Photos Tool" can't be toggled on and off. The procedure for doing so is wrong in the manual. One needs an embedded note or photo to save the exact topo map!
The procedure for importing a GPS tracks and waypoings is confusing and laborious.
The procedure for exporting a map/track to another application is wrong in the manual. The resulting JPG image of the topo map is of poor quality compared to the in-program topo map.
The 3D maps are underwhelming and fuzzy.
I did like the "fly over" feature, which is like a helicoptor ride over a track on the topo map. Cool!
I purchased this software to complement my newly purchased Garmin 60CSx GPS and Mapsource software. For those of you who have been underwhelmed by the 60CSx manual, it's a treat compared to this.
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