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Old Apr 15, 2008, 11:45 AM   #10 (permalink)
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USGS topo maps are nice for a lot of things, but for hiking I find that all too often the trail information is out of date. So while I liked Topozone for some uses, for others it just didn't satisfy in a way that wasn't their fault.

National Geographic Topo! which uses the same data as base maps but adds a digital model of the terrain (for building profiles) and does get some level of updated information automatically over the 'net, has served me decently, but doesn't work that well on the Mac.
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