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simonov
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| Tim wrote: | | Hmm, maybe I spoke too soon. I'm using Version 4.5.0 but my map data was bought in 2004 and the LA area is Disc 9, not Disc 1. So maybe they changed it and now it installs some map data on its own? Oh well, beats me. Simonov hasn't updated us on what he found so the mystery continues. |
Indeed.
I popped disk #9 into the drive and when nothing happened I found a command somewhere on the TOPO interface that said read map data from disk. Then it said disk #9 had already been read. So maybe I loaded disk #9 last year before I wiped my system and the data was still on my hard drive (except I don't remember loading from the data disks then, either).
TOPO was a huge disappoint for me last year when I first ran it. The maps look crappy and the user interface is wonky. But I use it now to trace trails and routes which I then convert into Google Earth paths, to show other hikers where we are going on a backpacking trip. I also use it to make custom route maps, but these never look as good as the Tom Harrison maps I also try to take with me.
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Hikin_Jim
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| TacoDelRio wrote: | | Jim: Dunno the scale. |
Dude, hold a 1:24k up next to it. I'll bet it's not as detailed, but probably close. NICE map.
| Simonov wrote: | | TOPO was a huge disappoint for me last year when I first ran it. The maps look crappy and the user interface is wonky. |
That's about my experience with it. And then I see Alan post great maps from it. Maybe I got the "budget" version?
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AlanK
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| My statement yesterday concerning resolution was too glib. I don't recall ever missing features on TOPO! maps that I can make out on the equivalent USGS ones, but I should not have said that the resolution is the same. I am satisfied with the use I have gotten from TOPO! maps over 12 years. What I need to do is sit down at home sometime and do a more careful comparison to really talk about resolution. |
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simonov
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| Hikin_Jim wrote: | | Simonov wrote: | | TOPO was a huge disappoint for me last year when I first ran it. The maps look crappy and the user interface is wonky. |
That's about my experience with it. And then I see Alan post great maps from it. Maybe I got the "budget" version? |
Depends on your output resolution.
I get great maps when I save them as JPGs and look at them on the screen.
But printing them out onto paper doesn't look so hot.
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Hikin_Jim
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| simonov wrote: | | Hikin_Jim wrote: | | Simonov wrote: | | TOPO was a huge disappoint for me last year when I first ran it. The maps look crappy and the user interface is wonky. |
That's about my experience with it. And then I see Alan post great maps from it. Maybe I got the "budget" version? |
Depends on your output resolution.
I get great maps when I save them as JPGs and look at them on the screen.
But printing them out onto paper doesn't look so hot. |
Hmm. Not bad. Can you get that resolution in the front country of the San Gabs? That's where I've had the worst luck.
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Mike P
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| simonov wrote: |
Depends on your output resolution.
I get great maps when I save them as JPGs and look at them on the screen.
But printing them out onto paper doesn't look so hot. |
Simonov-
How did you get the fat opaque trail line in your example above? Did you go through Powerpoint or something? I can't do it through TOPO. Thx!
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