Garmin map source????

[Benny]

I have a Garmin Etrax Legand, I want to buy the map source soft ware so I can down load my routes onto a printable map.

Is there any better mapping softwere out there besides the Garmin brand.

I am talking land navigation not water.

I also would like to find a softwere that I can over lay maps to and from one map to another.

I have several map books that I use to referance hunting areas, some have differant management areas marked than others.

What I want to do is put a copy of one map over the other so I can have all the points on one map page.

Thanks,Benny

[Gus]

Benny,

I'm not sure about the second half of your question but it is my opinion that the garmin mapsource TOPO software is very good. My dad has some cheaper suposidly "universal" topo program and I think it is pretty cheesy compared to Garmin's program. It's not perfect but it does have a lot of logging roads, swamps, etc marked. It also shows quite a lot of road detail. One thing I think would make it better would be more contour lines at smaller intervals. I forget the actual interval but I think it's like 25feet or something like that. I don't know of a better program though, maybe someone else does.

FYI, for you Garmin users they also have a lakemaster program out with the same lakes and data as lakemaster and the lowrence chips. I think they probably just licensed the data from Lakemaster just like Lowrence did. These maps are downloadable to your Garmin capable GPS unit. I haven't used the program but I hope to soon!

[Benny]

Thanks Gus, I can't find very many other mapping software that are compatible with the Garmin.

The guy at the sportsmans wherehouse said it is about the bets they can get for the Garmin units.

I saw the lake master software there as well, he said it works just like the Lorance units do.

Benny

[Macgyver55]

Benny, where are you at in Coon Rapids? I have Topo 5.0.... I havent had time to try it yet, but if you want to you can give it a try before you buy something.

[Benny]

I am near CR BLVD and Hanson.

Send me an email, I will call you tomorrow.

Benny---- benstackle (-at-) netzero (-dot-) net

[Slyster]

I have both TOPO and FISHING HOT SPOTS.... believe it or not.. I use the fishing hot spots maps for driving and camping. The topo leaves out street names (on purpose) and focuses on topographic markings... the fishing hot spots has ALL the street names.. and parks etc.. very handy.

On the garmin site... you can actually use and play with ALL their map products.. free.. just on your computer screen only. But it shows exactly what you are going to get.

[Macgyver55]

Benny did you have a chance to try ot the Topo software yet?