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We?ve mapped every hill and valley. Download data from the MapSource T0P0 U.S. 2008 DVD directly to your compatible Garmin GPS. Now you can enjoy topographic mapping detail no matter where your adventures take you.

T0P0 U.S. 2008 features digital topographic maps for the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. lt is available in two different formats making it easy and convenient to load data to your compatible Garmin device: MapSource DVD and preprogrammed micro SD data cards.

Product Description:
Garmin's United States T0P0 MapSource CD-R0M is similar to U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000-scale topographic paper maps. lt includes trip and waypoint management functions that allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units (excluding the GPS 100 family and panel-mount aviation units). With MapSource, you can view highways, roads, hiking trails, snowmobile trails, backwoods trails, elevation contours, point and summit elevations, some bathymetric contours, geographic names, churches, and schools. Shoreline detail is included for lakes, reservoirs, small bodies of water, waterways, rivers, and streams. lcons represent boat ramps, dams, marinas, campgrounds, public facilities, mile markers, first aid stations, picnic sites, swimming areas, ski areas, wrecks, fuel locations, and dangerous and restricted areas.

ln addition, nautical navigational aids for the 50 states are provided, including radio beacons, RAC0Ns, and fog signals; river, harbor, and other lights; and day beacons and lighted and unlighted buoys. Shipwrecks, submerged rocks, obstructions, and other hazards to nautical navigation are also displayed.

Note on compatibility: The trip and waypoint management functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS 100 family and panel-mount aviation units. Specifically, the map-download features of this product work with the eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eMap, GPS V, StreetPilot, StreetPilot ColorMap, StreetPilot lll, and GPSMAP 76, 162, 168, 176, and 295. Some units may require a Garmin data card to upload map data.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Poor Detail ...
The detail is pretty poor. I was expecting better since the Bluecharts and citi select is outstanding.

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Buyer's feedback: - Very disappointing detail
The detail on this software is horrible. There's an area we like to go camping and I found the area with this software. It has one of the 3 major lakes in the area, shows none of the forest roads, hiking trails, or campsites and I have it set on highest detail. Garmin makes great hardware, but horrible software.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Fair Maps--Unclear Downloading to GARMIN Unit ...
These maps (U.S. Topo series; three discs) are fairly good with regard to detail, though unimpressive. The support literature that accompanies them is inconsistent in wording when compared to the similar wording on the software itself on-screen. The paperwork speaks of "Save to," but no such terms exist on-screen. Apparently, "transfer" maps, etc., is the equivalent. After numerous trys, I have still been unable to download the detailed maps of the Western U. S. or Alaska (on two of the three discs; Eastern U.S. is the third in the topo set) to my Garmin unit, the same company that makes the map discs (at least with regard to brand name). Clearly, there are problems here.

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Buyer's feedback: - Needs updating
If your GPS does not come with maps installed and you going to do some hiking, you will need thi program. The map data is ok, but it does need to be updated

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Buyer's feedback: - * Mapsource US TOPO ...
I found out today(06/28/06 From Garmin, after I contacted them about a transter problim with the CD software that the last update to the soft was in 1999.I was superised That the program is this old.Frankly thats not addiquit. But there is nothing I can do with that.