Well, I bought the Garmin E-Trex Vista (you saw it when we went to the Flats). The device itself comes with no software. I bought a bundled deal from here that came with all of the US Topo Maps. Later I spent the extra $110 on the US street maps and a bigger SD Card. I now can fit all of CA, NV and UT on my GPS at the same time, but you can't have both Topo and Street maps loaded at the same time. I haven't tried it yet, but I was thinking of getting another SD Card so I can just swap cards depending if I am on a street or on a trail.

So far, I really like the Garmin, it was a SERIOUS PAIN to get setup, but now that I am starting to understand how to use it a little better, I like it.

Bart



Quote Originally Posted by CrnCnn
I am going to be getting a GPS in the next few months. I found this software that a co-worker told me about. It appears to be really nice software, it allows you to configure your way points and then put them into your GPS. My question about this software is that I am so close to the California border that you would think I would want that mapping system too. For 80 bucks each I don’t want to shell out for both.

National Geographic TOPO! Interactive Maps for Whole States

Now I found this other one that contains all 50 states but I don’t know that it is as detailed as the other.

National Geographic Back Roads Explorer 3D

Has anyone here used this software or something like it? I would like something that lists trails and there difficulty. Another co-worker had a paper map of Lake Tahoe and it had all that info.

Any insight?