Thread: Garmin GPSFileDepot Arizona&Idaho&Florida&Hawaii&Mississippi Topo Maps 24k detail

Arizona Topo Map

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.

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
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [160MB]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [159MB]

References
Many resources were used to create this map, the main ones are listed here:

■USGS National Elevation Data (NED)

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The NED is elevation data provided in raster form by the USGS.
■USGS National Hydrography Dataset

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The USGS provides hydrographic data in high resolution.
■USGS National Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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The USGS provides locations and names for many features throughout the United States.
■Arizona Geographic Information Council

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The state of Arizona provides limited detailed information for the state of Arizona.
■U.S. National Park Service: GIS Data and Metadata

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The National Park Service provides limited data for its parks throughout Arizona.