ryanerb Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Hi guys. I was looking at getting the Garmin 24k Topo for hiking, but also 4 wheeling in my jeep. I was out the other weekend, and had no idea where I was on the trails. I thought it would be nice to have a gps. But then I was thinking, that a little 'dot' on my screen with coordinates wouldn't tell me much of how to get back to camp without knowledge of what trails to take, etc. I was thinking of getting the 24k Topo map (garmin, California) and was wondering for those who have it, if it shows all the dirt roads, and hiking trails? I don't necessarily need it to 'route' me along the trails, but at least I need to see the trails/roads and be able to see that a certain road will take me back to camp. Below is an example of some dirt roads that would be nice to have on the garmin: Quote Link to comment
MtnHermit Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Do a 24K search. IIRC, the CA 24K Topos have less trails than the 100K Topo 2008. Quote Link to comment
ryanerb Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Do a 24K search. IIRC, the CA 24K Topos have less trails than the 100K Topo 2008. Ok, will check it out Quote Link to comment
+Orienteering Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I bought the 24K topo map (West) from Garmin. In my area it didn't even have the trails that were in Topo 2008. So I returned it to REI. Instead I'm now using the free 24k map you can download here http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/28/ It doesn't have routing like the Garmin map but it is free and has trails. I just took a screenshot in mapSource from that map in the area you gave as an example, but can't get it on here. It shows several trails although not all. In order to compare you might want to go to REI and ask to see the Garmin map on a GPS in that area. Quote Link to comment
+Warriorrider Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 ryanerb, Here are some MapSource shots for that same area for comparison: Garmin Topo 2008 Garmin 24K Topo CA/NV two state series (SD card only at this time) CA Topo from gpsfiledepot.com Garmin City Nav NT 2009 Ibycus USA Quote Link to comment
+Warriorrider Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) Here are some screen shots for that area from my Oregon. There are lots of different possibilities with the different maps and turning different layers on or off: 24K CA/NV Topo - sd card two state series Topo 2008 Topo 2008 with CA Topo isolines from gpsfiledepot.com overlayed Edited January 31, 2009 by Warriorrider Quote Link to comment
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