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Arizona Topo Map
Last Updated: January 2nd, 2009 2:01pm
Map Coverage:
State: Arizona
Price: Free
Introduction
The purpose of this venture is to create a detailed topographic map of the entire state of Arizona at 24k detail. This map is created for Garmin GPS receivers and Mapsource.
Features
- Roads - Interstates, highways, arterial roads, residential roads, limited unpaved roads (2008 Tiger Data)
- Railroads
- High resolution water data - lakes, rivers, streams, and washes
- Federal Land Usage - Wilderness area, national parks, and military bases/ranges, native american reservations
- Borders - County and state boundary lines
- Elevation contours - 40ft intervals (equivalent to 24k)
- GNIS Points of Interest - summits, mines, falls, dams, cemeteries, towers, populated places, etc.
- Trails - trail coverage including: Grand Canyon, Sunrise Ski Park, Granite Mountain Recreation Area trails, National Forests, and a few others
- 100k Grid Segments - no segment larger than 6.3mb means most older GPSr's can use this mapset
Coverage
This map covers the entire state of Arizona.
Screenshots
Below are a couple examples of this map on a Garmin 60csx:
Below is a picture of the map inside of mapsource:
This screenshot compares the Arizona Topo (left) to Garmin US Topo (middle) to Garmin Topo 2008 (rigth). With the exception of the DEM shading you can see that the Arizona Topo is significantly more detailed.
Installation
Two options exist; for windows download and run setup. The map will then appear in Garmin MapSource and can be added to your GPS by selecting it in MapSource and sending it to the GPSr. For Mac download the mac version, extract it and double click the .gmapi file. Map Manager will then install the map for you.
Version 1.25 Released 2 Jan 09
Download Windows Version [160MB] (7813 Downloads)
Download Mac Version [159MB] (1090 Downloads)
Like Arizona? Download its neighbor - New Mexico
GPS Usage
This map can be installed with any other Garmin Maps (How-To Tutorial). Then you simply hide and show other maps until you see the Arizona Topo. For more detailed instructions visit here.
Support The Effort
Although this map is free, and always will be if you find the map useful please consider making a donation to offset software, hardware, and hosting costs.
* You don't need paypal to donate but that is who will process the donation.
If you can't donate (or even if you can) another great way to help is by providing data for this map or other maps. If you have data please contact me.
References
Many resources were used to create this map, the main ones are listed here:
- USGS National Elevation Data (NED)
http://ned.usgs.gov/
The NED is elevation data provided in raster form by the USGS. - USGS National Hydrography Dataset
http://nhd.usgs.gov
The USGS provides hydrographic data in high resolution. - USGS National Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
The USGS provides locations and names for many features throughout the United States. - Arizona Geographic Information Council
http://agic.az.gov
The state of Arizona provides limited detailed information for the state of Arizona. - U.S. National Park Service: GIS Data and Metadata
http://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/park_gisdata/az.htm
The National Park Service provides limited data for its parks throughout Arizona.
Credits
Many thanks to David (IndyJpr) for his help with creating this map. Thanks to Carl for providing Grand Canyon corridor trails. Thanks to everyone else who emailed me trails to include in this map.
Changelog
Version 1.25 (2 Jan 09)
- Fixed elevation errors that occurred throughout entire state.
Version 1.2 (30 Dec 08) Removed due to Elevation errors
- Updated to 2008 National Tiger Road Data
- Fixed issues with roads in Pima County
- Updated to 2008 National Tiger Rail Data
- Updated major power lines (2008 Tiger)
- Updated airport runways (2008 Tiger)
- Updated many trails including adding National Forest Service Trails (increased from <50 to >400)
- Removed duplicate trails
- Made map end at the state border (easier to not have issues with neighboring maps)
- Updated GNIS (points of interest) points
Version 1.1 (16 Jun 08)
- Updated to 2007 National Tiger Road Data
- Updated to 2007 National Tiger Railroad Data
- Added major powerlines
- Included airport runways (2007 Tiger Data)
- Included Native American Reservations
- Updated Grand Canyon Trails (removed duplicates)
- Fixed trails marked as roads
- Fixed road locations in Pima County
Version 1.02 (12 Apr 08)
- Fixed error with 18 quads still having the contour bug; learned how to prevent it in the future.
- Created and released Mac version
Version 1.01 (11 Apr 08)
- Fixed large error with contours having the wrong elevations
Version 1.00 (6 Apr 08)
- Initial release