GARMIN 010-10469-00 Canadian Topo CD | Great Product

GARMIN 010-10469-00 Canadian Topo CD | Pretty good

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	GARMIN 010-10469-00 Canadian Topo CD Garmin Garmin average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Great for hiking, hunting, or camping, TOPO Canada contains extremely detailed topographic maps, many with routable roads and trails, summits, peaks and other geographic points - perfect for your next recreational outing.

TOPO Canada is not locked, so you'll receive full access to all coverage areas.

Main FeaturesManufacturer: Garmin, LtdManufacturer Part Number: 010-10469-00Manufacturer Website Address: www.garmin.comSoftware Sub Type: Maps & TravelingSoftware Name: TOPO Canada Features & Benefits: Trip and waypoint management functions* Based on digital 1:50,000 or 1:250,000 scale NTS map data Search by city, point, river or lake Amenities such as parks, campgrounds, scenic lookouts and picnic sites General shorelines and powerlines Named portages Summits, peaks and other geographic points Many routable roads and trails

* These functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS 100 family and panel mount aviation units.

Platform Support: HandheldCompatibility:

Handheld GPS devices: cf Que 1620 eMap eTrex Legend eTrex LegendC eTrex Vista eTrex VistaC GPS 10 GPS 18 Automotive Bundles GPS V GPSMAP 176 GPSMAP 178 Sounder GPSMAP 178C Sounder GPSMAP 196 GPSMAP 276C GPSMAP 295 GPSMAP 296 GPSMAP 376C GPSMAP 396 GPSMAP 60 GPSMAP 60C GPSMAP 60CS GPSMAP 76 GPSMAP 76C GPSMAP 76CS GPSMAP 76S GPSMAP 96 GPSMAP 96C iQue 3200 iQue 3600 iQue 3600a iQue M3 iQue M5 NavTalk GSM Quest Quest 2 Rino 120 Rino 130

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Great Product - but maps are very large

At first I thought this was way too expensive, but the level of detail is amazing. As a results the map sizes get extremely large quickly, but overall a great product

Pretty good

Good topo maps. Most lakes, streams, peaks are marked, along with surprisingly good coverage of minor roads and back roads (which are routable in MapSource). MapSource calculated driving routes are often sub-optimal, but this is to be expected given that this is the topo product.

My biggest complaint is that few trails are marked.

Garmin MapSourceTopo Canada

I received the topo map just before leaving for Algonquin Park. Loaded into my Garmin 60CSx with no problems (have a 2 gig card installed). I was able to plan out the entire trip and mark the beginning and end of each portage. It was amazing to be paddling down a 15 mile lake and look down at the canoe floor to see an arial view of where we were in the lake, our speed, time to the next portage and a red arrow pointing the direction to paddle. The topo maps covered the park very well, but detail not there once you leave the park areas and travel on the roads... but enough information to allow us to navigate our way back without any problems. I used a carabiner clip to attach the unit to the thwart of the canoe and that worked well.

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Works on eTrex, nice detail, but clunky.

I recently bought the Garmin Topo Canada software for my eTrex Venture HC, even though a search on Garmin's site did not list it as compatible software.

I found it worked exactly like the Garmin US Topo (more on this) and loaded on the eTrex without any problems.

The Canada Topo does a nice job listing all major and minor roads, streams, mountains, and hiking paths in SW Canada (my favorite area). I was also pleased with the high road detail in Banff, Lake Louise, Calgary, etc. Oddly, it did not list the famous "tea houses" above Lake Louise, though it did list the paths leading to them. It also omitted the famous Prince of Wales hotel at Waterton and the paint pots above Johnston Canyon.

Garmin still resists updating their incredibly clunky software. Instead of a single DVD, Garmin still ships four CD's requiring switching out disks to load maps, a real chore when your path leads between map sections. Plus the software still operates like it did under Windows 95! Slow, awkward, expensive and clunky, but it does work.

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