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Product Reviews:
Magellan USA 3-D Mapsend Topo Software |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Best service ever.
Comments: The best service I have ever had on the internet. The order was mixed up and would have been late for my trip, called and it was sent overnite at no charge. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Not happy
Comments: I ordered this product after already having tried2of them. A number of years ago ?) I purchased it and tried to install it on my laptop with no success. Thales sent me another and it failed again on my laptop however part of it did install on my desktop. Useless to me since I do not travel with my desktop. I read a year ago or so that they had problems with the initial disk. I have a new computer with Vista instead of XP which the other2had. I decided to order again to see if it would work. When I received it I noticed that it was the same as the 1st2so I have not even installed it or even opened it. I had assumed that if it was on the market it had been fixed with regard to the previous problem. NOT. Since I threw the 1st away like I was instructed by Thales I have2copies1still unopened. If anyone wants them let me know. No charge, just for what they were worth initially. Nothing. P.S.: What I was able to use on the second1I liked. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Displeased
Comments: Just a heads up to those considering map send. I have an older version however the same issue may still exist for the new versions. Do your research.
1) The product "requires" the final disc (#3) to be in the cdrom drive to use this software. This sort of defeats the purpose of having a large disk on your notebook. This "feature" means that you will need to take your notebook and disc with you on vaction as opposed to just your notebook. Poor design and user unfriendly. I am sure it is done for software piracy reasons however it goes beyond acceptability. JMO You will want a larger SD disk to store more maps to avoid 'bug'.
2) Haven't gotten it to work correctly yet with Vista even though I have downloaded their driver and followed the driver installation procedures. I can see the unit as a new device however I still cannot use the native fuctions for uploading maps to the unit. :-(
Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more and get software and a GPS that work more seemlessly. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Please do not waste you money
Comments: Their is little detail and alalmost all no backroads inc with this software, if you check out google earth or maps you will find 10 times more info and their not even selling you a product its their free. Its a crying shame that this company is still in business with the poor excuse for support and software design and usability. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: great $10 program, not great for $149
Comments: As a $9.95 promotional addition to my $49 eXplorist 500LE North America, it was a great bargain. If I had paid the $200 list price for the eXplorist 500LE and found out I had to pay another $149 for this software and $99 for DirectRoute AND that the software purchase is locked to1GPS only, I would have been furious. As it stands, I seriously doubt that I would purchase the DirectRoute software since I have a "real" driving GPS (Garmin C330) and pressing the 500LE into "Street Pilot" service would not be smart.
Now to the software. You must read the Readme.txt's to see that there is a patch that you MUST use to convert the maps before you load it onto the eXplorist units. I found that once I connected the USB cable *properly* to my 500LE, communications were automatic and a breeze. With an internet connection, the registration of the GPS, purchase of the Mapsend software and activation were seamless.
Topo information is great, 3D views are quicker than Google Earth, however a little more limited and downloading the converted map sections are easy.
As others stated, no trail information is on the software which makes this useless as a planning tool for hiking unless you have a real USGS topo map available. Now if you had your own trail information and this software, it would be great. That's what I intend to do for my hikes. It's too bad that I would not be able to make plans for a hike without the addition of a USGS topo map. That's what I thought I was getting when I purchased this. |
