mobiletaylor Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Looks like National Geographic has discontinued the TOPO! State Series program. Looks like Mountain Lion is not compatible with the current version of TOPO!. Any other program read the maps? Is everyone just tossing their State Series Maps into the trash? Thanks, JT Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Quote Link to comment
seldom_sn Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Will that handle any more than tracks and waypoints? Quote Link to comment
+ngrrfan Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Looks like National Geographic has discontinued the TOPO! State Series program. Looks like Mountain Lion is not compatible with the current version of TOPO!. Any other program read the maps? Is everyone just tossing their State Series Maps into the trash? Why toss the software in the trash? It still works, and for the most part things won't change, so it is still useable. I've been using the same Topo Colorado for 9 years and it works perfectly for me. IMHO.... as long as a program does what it is supposed to do I'll continue to use it until something better comes along. In the case of the state Topo series.... nothing has (yet). Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Will that handle any more than tracks and waypoints? "that".....???? Which are you asking about....TOPO or GPS Babel? GPS Babel is a conversion tool......Expert GPS (IMHO) is the most full featured, and most capable, GPS /Mapping and data editing software available...period ! Quote Link to comment
mobiletaylor Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Looks like National Geographic has discontinued the TOPO! State Series program. Looks like Mountain Lion is not compatible with the current version of TOPO!. Any other program read the maps? Is everyone just tossing their State Series Maps into the trash? Why toss the software in the trash? It still works, and for the most part things won't change, so it is still useable. I've been using the same Topo Colorado for 9 years and it works perfectly for me. IMHO.... as long as a program does what it is supposed to do I'll continue to use it until something better comes along. In the case of the state Topo series.... nothing has (yet). But the newest version of TOPO! doesn't run on new Macs with Mountain Lion? Quote Link to comment
mobiletaylor Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Looks like Expert GPS is PC only and GPS Babel only converts data (not maps). Any other suggestions? Are TOPO! State Series Maps still being sold in stores? Must be PC only now? Quote Link to comment
seldom_sn Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Will that handle any more than tracks and waypoints? "that".....???? Which are you asking about....TOPO or GPS Babel? GPS Babel is a conversion tool......Expert GPS (IMHO) is the most full featured, and most capable, GPS /Mapping and data editing software available...period ! Should have said "they", as in I doubt that either program you mention will decompile National Geographic maps (raster) and convert them into either another raster format, like Birdseye/CustomMaps or a vector format. Quote Link to comment
Grasscatcher Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Will that handle any more than tracks and waypoints? "that".....???? Which are you asking about....TOPO or GPS Babel? GPS Babel is a conversion tool......Expert GPS (IMHO) is the most full featured, and most capable, GPS /Mapping and data editing software available...period ! Should have said "they", as in I doubt that either program you mention will decompile National Geographic maps (raster) and convert them into either another raster format, like Birdseye/CustomMaps or a vector format. My Bad... I misinterpreted that the OP was needing to read/use TOPO "files" in another program and not "maps". Ever since NG took over,the TOPO program has gone "downhill". Their "tpo" files aren't even fully compatible between their own different programs, and the "TOPO Explorer" program was a terrible failure. There would probably be a better chance of "converting" the new Mountain Lion OS to run PC programs......HA ! Quote Link to comment
+coggins Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 There would probably be a better chance of "converting" the new Mountain Lion OS to run PC programs......HA ! No need, I have an .app that runs on my Mt Lion OS Macintosh, it's called Windows 7 Ultimate. See Boot Camp. Quote Link to comment
seldom_sn Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) [Expert GPS (IMHO) is the most full featured, and most capable, GPS /Mapping and data editing software available...period ! Looks like a nice application, and Global Mapper costs about twice what ExpertGPS Pro does, but GM supports way more data types (and datums and projections?). IMVHO, if you are making maps GM is the most painless way to travel. It can export to MP and OSM for example. Edited August 27, 2012 by seldom_sn Quote Link to comment
+Nazanne Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Topo! seems to work OK under Mountain Lion. It has some issues, but I'm still using it. For an alternative try Route Buddy. Quote Link to comment
mobiletaylor Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Topo! seems to work OK under Mountain Lion. It has some issues, but I'm still using it. For an alternative try Route Buddy. I'm able to open the maps which is great, but tracks aren't working. Are you seeing that as well? JT Quote Link to comment
Screaming_Tut Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 (edited) I have a Mac and running Mountain Lion and NG Topo maps 2.6.2 will not run on a Mac only on Windows (My Version that is) is there an Application that will convert TPQ Files for something else a Mac can Read??? I am just learning and Live up in Way Northern CA (Near Mt Shasta) Thanks in advance for the Help. Krisy Expert GPS will read and convert .tpo files(to .gpx) as well as GPS Babel will convert them. Edited May 27, 2013 by Screaming_Tut Quote Link to comment
Screaming_Tut Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I just read your post. If you could make a copy of your install disk so I could run NG Topo on my Mac with Mt. Lion. My email is Screamingtut@gmail.com Topo! seems to work OK under Mountain Lion. It has some issues, but I'm still using it. For an alternative try Route Buddy. Quote Link to comment
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