am_a_knight
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I found a website that has free topo maps for Garmin handheld GPS units. I have tried them in my GPS unit and found that these maps are better than what Garmin sells. The web site is
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/
These are 1:24,000 scale maps that have land status shaded for Indian Resrvations, USFS, BLM, and NPS Lands. There are topo maps available for every state and for several countries. The CD that comes in the box with a Garmin GPS unit has a Mapsource program on it that can be used to install these free topo maps. More detailed instructions on how to do it are also found at that website. The topo map for the State of AZ is especially nice since it has been updated recently and shows new city streets for 2009.
Hope this helps! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/
These are 1:24,000 scale maps that have land status shaded for Indian Resrvations, USFS, BLM, and NPS Lands. There are topo maps available for every state and for several countries. The CD that comes in the box with a Garmin GPS unit has a Mapsource program on it that can be used to install these free topo maps. More detailed instructions on how to do it are also found at that website. The topo map for the State of AZ is especially nice since it has been updated recently and shows new city streets for 2009.
Hope this helps! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif