Washington 24K Topo Map

Map Information

Created By: dhisum_dhisum
Last Updated: January 25th, 2009 1:01pm
Map Coverage:
North: 49.5°
West: -125° East: -116°
South: 45.5°
Country: United States
State: Washington
Price: Free

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Washington 24K Topo

Introduction

The purpose of this venture is to create a detailed topographic map of the entire state of Washington at 24k detail. This map is created by dhisum_dhisum 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
Land Usage
Borders
Elevation contours - 40ft intervals (equivalent to or greater than 24k)
100k Grid Segments

Coverage

This map covers the entire state of Washington.

Screenshots

Below is a picture of the map inside of mapsource (6.15.X):

This screenshot compares the Washington Topo (left) to Garmin US Topo (middle) to Garmin Topo 2008 (rigth). With the exception of the DEM shading you can see that the Washington 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 (tutorial). For Mac download the mac version, extract it and double click the .gmapi file. Map Manager will then install the map for you (tutorial).

Version 1.0 Released 25 Jan 09
Download Windows Version [203MB] (24312 Downloads)
Download Mac Version [203MB] (5708 Downloads)

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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 Illinois Topo. For more detailed instructions visit here.

Changelog

Version 1.0 (25 Jan 09)

Initial release