National Geographic Adirondack Explorer 3D

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With full maps of five areas, National Geographic Adirondack Park Explorer 3D 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
Users can highlight any selected trail to get elevation profiles and GPS waypoints, and view the trail in 3-D; 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 easy 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, and so on) for use in other applications
Share trail files with other TOPO! users on National Geographic mapXchange website, letting you find new and exciting routes
Each map also includes a PDF document with additional travel and recreation information specific to that area

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 (not included).

Made in USA.

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National Geographic Adirondack Explorer 3D

3.0

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Jan

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Pretty good, but map detail is lacking

By Jack Chinook

from Vermont

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

Inexpensive
User friendly

Cons

Maps lack 24K detail

Best Uses

Camping
Paddling
Trip planning

Comments about National Geographic Adirondack Explorer 3D:

I'd recommend it to a friend, but only if they didn't need lots of detail. And I would really rate this product 3.5 stars. Better than 3 but not quite 4.

I purchased the National Geographic Adirondack Park 3d explorer as cheaper alternative to the Topo State Series for NY, which combines with NJ for over 3x the price. Since I have no plans to hike the wilds of New Jersey and restrict my NY trips to the 'Dacks, I figured this would be a more useful, cheaper alternative.

In my short time playing around with it, it appears that all (or most?) of the useful functions on the normal Topo State products are here and I'm excited to start planning some hiking and paddling trips in the Adirondacks for this coming summer.

Having said that, here are my gripes:
Why did NG choose to use poorer resolution map data for this product? It appears to be based off of 1:50,000 map data. The State series products all use the more detailed 1:24,000 data from the 7.5' series USGS maps...this is what I was hoping for at the finest scale zoom view.

Also, the zoom scales are clumsy. I like the State Series choices better. In this product, there are HUGE jumps between the scales, especially between the middle two.

ADK Parks gives you the following scales:
1:4000000
1:865000
1:50000 (1:50K Map data)
1:25000 (says 25K map data but just 50K zoomed in)

While the State Series give you these much more evenly spaced scales:
1:4000000
1:865000
1:327360
1:50000
1:25000 (actual USGS 7.5' (1:24K) map data)

All in all, it does what it says and I'll likely keep it and use it, but if you're really after the higher resolution, more detailed maps, get the Topo NY/NJ State Series.