Very Useful
9 of 9 Ciao Users found the following review helpful
Advantages Loads of features
Disadvantages Graphics on GPS are not improved
My mum recently bought the Great Britain Topo for her partner's birthday. He had been looking for excuses to spend £150 for months, so we finally gave in and got him one.
It was not quite what he expected, as the map of Britain is split into smallish sections. You select these sections on your computer and download them to your GPS. You can only have a limited number of sections on your GPS, depending on the memory of your model.The Topo includes contour lines, roads and tracks, places of interest like pubs, and other accurate geographical features like lakes and rivers. From what I know, the Topo is fairly accurate. I know that it has come in useful when walking. One of the main features is the ability to plan routes on the computer and download them to your GPS.
The compatable models of GPS are as follows (they're all Garmin) (sourced from http://www.sporttek.co.uk/TOPO_Great_Britain.html)All of the products I have seen are on DVD-roms, therefore would require a DVDdisk drive on your computer. I am not aware of a CD-rom version, but this does not mean it does not exist.
If you are a serious walker, I would highly reccommend investing in a topo map. However, if you hardly ever use your GPS, i don't think it's worth you spending the money.Detailed Rating
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