who_else

what is the best topo sites that are on the net? i would like to find a easy one to use that i can read easily so i can better learn the land that i hunt, thanks. who_else

ButchA

There are two sites that I know of:

http://www.topozone.com

and

http://www.terraserver.com

But, I think Terraserver is down for some reason. Topozone is awesome and totally free. I have all the WMA areas around the Richmond, VA printed out.

Butch

the_outlaw

I don' t know about the best sites on the net, but I can give ya a few sites I use to get topos off of. Try some of these and see what ya think of em....

http://www.maptech.com

http://www.topozone.com

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

you could also go to your local DNR website and see if you can order State Forest maps free, and have them delivered to your door. I know my state DNR site allows you to do this!!

Outlaw

Gobblenutt

One site that has become indespensible in my turkey hunting, especially public land hunting, is www.mapcard.com. It' s not free, but a membership is only pennies a day. I have only used it a couple of months and it has more than paid for itself. It allows you to access not only topo' s but aerials as well. One more plus is that it has map customizing features. For instance, one feature allows you to drag a symbol on the map, aerial/topo, and when you drop it, it instantly gives you the GPS coordinate of the position on the map. Then all you do is manually input the coordinate, select GOTO, and your hunting.

MOTurkeyTamer

I love the aerial photos from Terraserver. They are very useful even for land you are familiar with. Besides that, it' s free!

PowDuck

I' ve used http://www.mytopo.com and found it very usefull. You can print out your preview in large format for free.

IF you have broadband then check out USA PhotoMaps at http://jdmcox.com/

This program is too cool. Warning. You' ll need broadband (or a lot of patience) when downloading the aerial photos and maps.