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From:National Geographic
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9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Doesn't compare, 2005-03-20
I received this as a gift and what a dissapointment. Magellan has a topo product (mapsend) that works well with all gps's. All in one CD. It doesn't use images for the topo, just a simple map format. This product however is very inferior and offers even less detail than the other topos plus it can't be downloaded to gps's. I am very dissapointed and I continue to try to find out what features it excels at given that it has 17 CD's. It has to do something with all of that right? As it turns out it is just a poor design that was used as an attempt to get that paper topo map feel. It seems they just scanned in all the topo maps for the US, no wonder it took so many cd's. Don't waste your money.
6 of 7 customers found the following review helpful:
Don't bother, 2005-01-04
I received this as a Christmas gift and had to return. Was not compatible and couldn't load on a brand new computer. Software gave no ability to customize the installation. No help from the Nat. Geo website support. Went thru the entire install and at last bar.....sorry, disc couldn't finalize hit finish to continue and it kicks you out completely to start over again.
From the other poor reviews, I'd have to say I'm glad I returned.
9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Should have read the reviews...., 2004-11-28
Bought this at the Apple Store on an impulse and boy am I sorry. Ditto what the other reviewers said plus there's no hardcopy documentation and what is on the .pdf help file is laughable. Here's another thing, on the USGS 1:100K level, the maps consistently DO NOT line up and are often cut off. C'mon guys, how hard is it to scan in a map and line them up? If you're happy with 1:100K or 1:500K,or need a fine quality state/county map or even a road map with elevation info, then this might be for you, but don't expect to go hiking with it.
7 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
CD shuffle game, 2004-08-22
Too many CD's that must be swapped in/out. Also misleading claims about down loading ability to GPS devices etc. I would not recommend this for the serious user.
8 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
False promotion, 2004-08-03
I received National Geographic Back Roads Explorer as a gift because I needed USGS 1:100,000 maps for an area in Alaska, for use with GPS. The carton containing the product says that it includes these maps for all 50 states. It does not. For Alaska it includes 1:250,000 maps, without the required detail, and 1:63,000 maps which appear to be no more than very blurry magnifications of the 1:250,000 maps, with no additional detail. Email to National Geographic was referred to TOPICS Entertainment, who seem to have purchased the right to use the National Geographic name and logo. TOPICS Entertainment does not respond to the email referred by National Geographic, nor to email sent directly to www.topics-ent.com. So, be wary of claims on the carton, and don't assume that the product is backed by National Geographic.
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