It has to be said that Garmin’s topo maps of Germany in particular are really convincing. In my view, the ones of Canada are not. Since I am currently looking into maps for my upcoming holiday in Canada, I am very disappointed.
After all, the maps cost a fair bit of money (recommended retail price: €169.00), and in all the areas (Jasper National Park, Banff National Park etc.) where I compared the official maps with the free topo maps, the free ones are considerably better. So if you want to get topo maps for Canada, you should first try whether “Ibycus Topo” doesn’t already offer exactly what you are looking for.
Shame about the money – I’d rather take the free ones along…
Features of the Garmin topo maps for Canada
- route and waypoint management
- based on the 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 digital maps (scale NTS map data)
- search function for towns, places, rivers or lakes
- additionally for parks, campsites, scenic highlights and picnic areas
- many routable roads and paths
- coverage area: see overview map
- general coastlines and power lines
- mountains and other geographic points
Where to buy topo maps
- MapSource Canada Topo CD, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 buy at amazon.de
