Topo 2008 update?

[gadgettr1]

I know there's a new City Navigator 2009 coming out soon. How about the Topo map, is there a new version of that coming out anytime soon or should I just pick up the current Topo map.

 

Chip

[-Oz-]

Just pick up the current. They don't update them very often (at least not in the past). Topo 2008 was released quite a few years after the previous "Garmin Topo"

[+CacheARRRS]

When I called Garmin about this last week, I was told that there are no plans that he (the guy on the phone) knows of (and he SAID he had the schedule of releases until "the end of next year")

 

He could have been giving me a line....but the Garmin CS folks seem pretty solid so far.

[Motorcycle_Mama]

My thought when I first read the OP was "What's to update since last year? Did a mountain move?"

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[+RRLover]

Uh . . . YES, as we type there are mountains moving.

 

As a Mac user I'd like to at least see a native MapSource Topo release; that, would make my transition to

Garmin IMMEDIATE! CNNA 2009 although nice to have, is of the lesser importance for me, for others

maybe not the same.

 

Norm

Edited April 9, 2008 by RRLover

[Grasscatcher]

My thought when I first read the OP was "What's to update since last year? Did a mountain move?"

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

Apparently,lots of them are moving. According to Topo 2008, several of the 54 Fourteeners (Mtns over 14,000 ft elev) in Colorado are now less than 14,000 ft. due to inaccurate elevation information.

 

Older Topo is correct and BM elevations and USGS Topos all show correctly but I guess that Topo2008 is smarter........

[gadgettr1]

My thought when I first read the OP was "What's to update since last year? Did a mountain move?"

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

 

Mountains haven't moved but alot of land has since been changed and developed with roads being placed also.

 

Chip

[Motorcycle_Mama]

I'm not trying to argue with you, but alot of land has changed since last year when the current version was released?

 

And I don't think that that the road data has ever been very accurate in the topo maps due to the source of data.

 

Most people, I would think, do not rely on the road data in the topo maps as being very accurate or up to date. The detail street maps are needed for that.

 

It was a long time between updates for the topo maps so I would guess that it will be a long time again.

Edited April 10, 2008 by Motorcycle_Mama

[+Miragee]

A friend who bought the new Topo maps actually preferred the way my older Topo maps looked on my GPS. Seems they had more detail . . .

[Maximus XX!V]

A friend who bought the new Topo maps actually preferred the way my older Topo maps looked on my GPS. Seems they had more detail . . .

 

Except the old CDs were a pain to load since you needed the VD in the drive to do it. I dumped them just for that reason.

[+Miragee]

No, you just copy all the data from each CD to your computer first, then do the install from the hard drive. Or, after the fact, you can edit the Registry so you do not need the CDs at all . . .

[+TrailGators]

I still think National Geographic has way better topos. It's not that hard to print out a map with the caches on it. In some ways it's better to have something larger to look at.

[+MacFlash]

I still think National Geographic has way better topos. It's not that hard to print out a map with the caches on it. In some ways it's better to have something larger to look at.

 

I couldn't agree more. As a matter of fact almost anything is better than Topo 2008. As far as I can tell the road information is closer to 1998, and as others have said the topographic information is not all that accurate either. Yesterday I went on a short hike and Topo 2008 showed me crossing a road that in reality I never got within a 1/3 of a mile of. Just for the heck of it I copied the track to my old Magellan Topo 3d program (circa 2004) and everything was dead on. Honestly, I feel like I was ripped off for the 80 bucks I spent on this product.