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New York Topo Map
Last Updated: February 28th, 2009 11:02pm
Map Coverage:
State: New York
Price: free
Introduction
The purpose of this venture is to create a detailed topographic map of the entire state of New York at 24k+ detail. This map is created by maps4gps for Garmin GPS receivers and Mapsource.
Features
- Roads - Nov. 2008 Tiger Data
- Railroads
- Water data - lakes, rivers, streams (from the census bureau)
- POIs - GNIS & NHD
- Benchmarks from NGS
- Borders
- Elevation contours - 10ft and 20ft intervals (equivalent to or greater than 24k) built from 10m NED data
Coverage
This map covers the entire state of New York.
Screenshots
This screenshot compares the New York Topo (left) to Garmin US Topo (middle) to Garmin Topo 2008 (rigth). With the exception of the DEM shading you can see that the New York Topo is significantly more detailed with more contours and better water data.
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 1.1 Released 28 Feb 09
Download Windows Version [145MB] (4959 Downloads)
Download Mac Version [144MB] (717 Downloads)
Version 1.1 Patch (patches version 1.0 to V 1.1): Download
Like New York? Download New Jersey.
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 New York Topo. For more detailed instructions visit here.
Changelog
Version 1.1 28 Feb 09
- Fixed a problem with one missing quad
Version 1.0 21 Feb 09
- Initial Release