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National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D

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With full maps of 25 National Parks, National Geographic® National Parks Explorer 3D software lets you build custom maps for your next adventure.

Software package contains both PC and Mac versions for full compatibility across platforms, making it easier than ever to plan, print and play!
Includes fully interactive Trails Illustrated Maps™, complete with popular trails and additional travel and recreation information for each park
Users can highlight any selected trail to get elevation profiles, GPS waypoints or view the trail in 3D; users can also draw their own trails
3-D rendering technology creates virtual relief maps that you can "fly through" or view alongside 2-D maps, letting you preview your hike and views
Traveling tool zooms and scrolls the map in any direction; each map has four zoom levels, including a National Geographic Atlas level
Software can determine the exact latitude/longitude and elevation of any point on the map, a feature that helps easily create usable GPS waypoints
Enhanced 3-D digital shading emphasizes changes in elevation, making the maps easier to read and use; shading toggles on and off
Add routes, symbols and text to customize your map; attach note boxes, web links and photos to the objects you place on the map
Select the exact area you need and print a photo-quality custom map on any ink-jet or laser printer or plotter
Transfer your custom waypoint and route information directly to or from most handheld GPS units
Print waterproof trail maps on National Geographic Adventure Paper (sold separately) to take along on your trips
Powerful search function finds trails, camps and campgrounds, lakes and ponds, parks, cities and towns, USGS 7.5' quad names and much more
Export images in standard raster formats (JPG, GIF, etc.) for use in other applications
Share trail files with other TOPO! users on National Geographic's mapXchange website, letting you find new and exciting routes
Each National Park map also includes a PDF document with additional travel and recreation information specific to that park

Includes the following National Park locations: Acadia, ME; Arches, UT; Big Bend, TX; Bryce Canyon, UT; Canyonlands, UT:Needles & Island in the Sky; Channel Islands, CA; Death Valley, CA; Glacier/Waterton, MT/Alberta; Grand Canyon, AZ; Grand Teton, WY; Great Smoky Mountains, TN/NC; Isle Royale, MI; Joshua Tree, CA; Kings Canyon, CA; Mt. Rainier, WA; North Cascades, WA; Olympic, WA; Redwood, CA; Rocky Mountain, CO; Sequoia, CA; Shenandoah, VA; Theodore Roosevelt, ND; Yellowstone, WY/MT; Yosemite, CA; Zion, UT
System requirements: PC - Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP; 486 DX/66 MHz or higher; 64 MB RAM + 8 MB video memory; CDROM drive; Mac - OS 10.2 or higher; 350 MHz G3 or better; 128 MB RAM + 16 MB video memory; CDROM drive; works with all color and black-and-white printers supported by Windows and Macintosh; works with most popular handheld receivers manufactured by Garmin, Magellan, Suunto, Eagle, and Lowrance. Direct link requires input and output capabilities and a PC cable (all sold separately).

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National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D Customer Reviews

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National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D

2.0

(based on 4 reviews)

25%

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Aug

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good, helpful, insightf, but not perfect

By GC0110

from North Carolina

About Me Value Oriented

Pros

Adaptive and Versatile
Easy To Navigate
Engaging
Lots Of Information
Trails draw themselves

Cons

Can't install to hard drv

Best Uses

Comments about National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D:

What I like:
1:24K scale with all of the trails very visible, along with other features such as streams, etc. clearly visible. The high tech features, such as getting a 3-D view of the route by doing a fly over, or being able to get a bird's eye view of the topo terrain is also way cool, and quite valuable. e.g. I was looking for some hikes to do recently, using 1:100K topo software, and had a hard time visualizing what the trails would be like and if they were within my stamina level for elevation gain. I could find very little that looked appealing and that my aging knees could handle. With this software I found a number of other hikes that look like they are at my level.

I also love being able to just move the cursor in the vicinity of a trail and have the route drawn automatically snap to it perfectly. No more agonizing of trying to do it free hand, and going astray. The search feature, for finding trails within the park also is a great tool.

Cons: I've been using Nat. Geo's Topo Explorer Deluxe software, and find that for a world class company they don't design stuff well. My biggest beef about this Smokies software is that you can't install it to the hard drive. Instead you have to run it off the DVD which makes for slower operation as the computer has to access it every time you move the display much.

I also thought, or hoped, that it would cover a bit more terrain, such as Nantahala and the Blue Ridge parkway, which it sort of says it does. It doesn't. It's the Smokies, and that's it. The outskirts, which the Blue Ridge impinges on, is part of the software, but once outside the park's boundaries, there's nada.

Neutral: the quirkiness is something you have to get used to, and once you understand it, there's a logic. One of the biggest quirks is how you move the cursor across the map. Saving and opening files is also atypical and takes a little getting used to.

Jun

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Worthless on a Mac running Snow Leopard

By Webs2000

from Las Cruces, NM

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Cons

Crashes or Freezes
Hard To Navigate

Best Uses

Preparing Documents

Comments about National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D:

I installed the program on a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.3. Since it wouldn't run, I did 2 updates recommended on the web site (NPEMac436 and TI_Update_4.3.9). Now the very basic features run: the menu icons show up, the base map is there, and the PDF description files can be seen. But it will not display any detailed maps. When trying to zoom in, the CD starts up, the screen goes blank, the CD stops spinning, and that's it -- a nice grey, blank screen. I have tried copying the map files to the hard disk, in 4 different places (the manual is written for Windows, not Mac, so I was guessing where to copy them), but the detail maps refuse to display.

I also installed the Windows version on a friend's Mac under Parallels. The detail maps do show up, so the CD isn't bad. But the PDF files did not display.

NatGeo Tech Support has not responded to my emails raising these issues.

So if your idea of using this is to see a base map showing, for example, Zion NP is in southern Utah, have at it. Otherwise for a current Mac, that's all you'll get, and its not worth the hassle and frustration. Very disappointing.

Jan

2011

1.0

Won't run on a Mac, very slow on Windows

By Italiphile

from Colorado

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Pros

None

Cons

Crashes or Freezes
Hard To Install or Upgrade
Hard To Navigate
Not built for a Mac
Not Much Information

Best Uses

Comments about National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D:

Extremely limited functionality on a Mac. If you can get it to open at all, the tool bar does not load, the tags for each park on the start page are blank, it actually freezes up a brand new iMac. We tried it on a friends new Windows laptop, better but still very slow and hesitant. I wouldn't recommend this until they do some software updating.

Aug

2010

2.0

Needs refinement

By cwmiller43

from Fort Collins, CO

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Pros

Lots Of Information

Cons

Difficult to use

Best Uses

Personal Travel

Comments about National Geographic National Parks Explorer 3D:

This product is advertised to include the Trails Illustrated info for each park. It does for some parks, but when I ask for such info in Acadia NP, I get the info for North Cascade NP. Secondly, the Trails Illustrated data is only on the 5th layer; at this zoom level, the user can only see a small piece of most trails so must pan around. It would be helpful to see some of the Trails Illustrated data on zoom level 4 also.