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40-Foot Contours:
Above the Timber's New Mexico Topos are at
40-foot intervals, the same as standard 7.5-minute USGS Quad maps.
Because of the multi-layered nature of the maps, as you zoom out,
contours will automatically reduce to 200 foot intervals to avoid
contour clutter.
High Resolution
Water Data:
Besides the contour interval, the High
Resolution Water Data is what makes these maps stand out. Most vector
maps only have named water features, named lakes and streams. For every
named water feature, their are 100-unnamed water features. To the extent
possible with USGS water feature databases, ALL unnamed water features
are on these maps. We're talking beaver pond resolution!!!
Additionally, most New Mexico rivers are shown at their true extent, bank
to bank, not just a line indicating river.
30-minute Coverage
per Map:
Each map segment covers an area of 30 x
30 minutes of arc or exactly 16 - 7.5 minute Quad Maps. These maps
seamlessly join one to another, therefore you can have the entire
coverage area as one seamless map inside your GPS receiver. Their are in
total 128 - 30-min maps in the New Mexico map set. All segments are
at 24,000:1 (24K) resolution. The total map
set is 241MB.
Covers ALL
of New Mexico:
Public Lands in Unique
Colors:
National Forest, National Parks, BLM,
State lands, State Parks, Indian Reservations, Wilderness, Military each
have unique colors for rapid general identification. For a specific ID,
touch any polygon for its unique text information. All land colors were
selected to be as light as possible for improved viewing in the field
where it matters most. Here are two screenshots comparing Above the
Timber's and Garmin's 24K Topos at identical settings:
Land Grants:
Going back to when Mexico controlled the
state, large blocks of land were given? to groups and individuals. There
are over 100 of these land grants, some as large as 1.7-million acres,
each share a unique land grant color, all are named and dated. Because
some of these lands have reverted to public domain, land grants are
below public land polygons and not always visible.
Extensive
Geographic Feature Points:
Their are over 50,000 points of interest
showing summits, mines, cemeteries, arches, pillars, basins, springs,
flats, ridges, cliffs, waterfalls, communication towers, passes and on
and on. Almost all have their elevation attached for more information.
Forest Service Trails:
All five of the New Mexico's National
Forest are included with
named and/or numbered trails. See the numerous trails in the demo map
below, the high visibility red-dashed trails work particularly well in
the visually challenged, Garmin touch screen GPS receivers.
Latest Roads:
Major state and federal highways shown in
distinct colors and with unique shields for quick identification. All
city streets are included, while not routable, the road features greatly
aid navigation.
Free Trial Download:
Here's a 1 MB file which will demonstrate
all the features of the New Mexico GPS Topos. It will show all highway types, wilderness,
Land Grants, state land,
national forest, city areas, and much, much more. The map is in a
self-extracting executable file. The map will appear in Mapsource or Basecamp as
New Mexico Topo Demo and you
can load it into any Garmin mapping GPS. If you're new to Mapsource,
these
screenshots will help immensely. You can also use this download
to verify that Above the Timber's maps will work in your Garmin GPS
receiver.
PC Download A link to download the
latest version of Mapsource is included in the PC file.
Mac Download
See the Mac installation directions
here.
Cost
$49.95
Click the price link for Order Type Options.
For the cost of a half-dozen
paper 7.5-minute USGS Quads, you can buy this map set with the same coverage
as 1792 - 7.5-minute Quads. That's less than $0.03 per Quad. The paper
equivalent is a single borderless map 980 x 720
inches or 82 x 60 feet.
Screenshots:
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