by Noondueler » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:29 pm
by brichardsson » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:33 pm
Noondueler wrote:I just got a new computer with windows 8 and found out it won't install my National Geographic TOPO! maps of California. Only works up to windows 7. Bummer since I use it all the time. Anybody got any suggestions on how I can access it on the new computer without buying a yearly subscription to the whole US topos for 50 bucks a year?
by Noondueler » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:37 pm
It isTOPO! 4. I called the support team and they no longer make the software. They told me the only way was to get a subscription for the whole US for 50 buck a year.brichardsson wrote:Noondueler wrote:I just got a new computer with windows 8 and found out it won't install my National Geographic TOPO! maps of California. Only works up to windows 7. Bummer since I use it all the time. Anybody got any suggestions on how I can access it on the new computer without buying a yearly subscription to the whole US topos for 50 bucks a year?
which version are you running? topo!, i mean. i am not on windows 8, but i also had issues after a system upgrade. i e-mailed support and they upgraded all of my state discs to 4.6, which fixed the problem.
by brichardsson » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:54 pm
Noondueler wrote:It isTOPO! 4. I called the support team and they no longer make the software. They told me the only way was to get a subscription for the whole US for 50 buck a year.brichardsson wrote:Noondueler wrote:I just got a new computer with windows 8 and found out it won't install my National Geographic TOPO! maps of California. Only works up to windows 7. Bummer since I use it all the time. Anybody got any suggestions on how I can access it on the new computer without buying a yearly subscription to the whole US topos for 50 bucks a year?
which version are you running? topo!, i mean. i am not on windows 8, but i also had issues after a system upgrade. i e-mailed support and they upgraded all of my state discs to 4.6, which fixed the problem.
by mattyj » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:31 am
by Noondueler » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:49 am
What is a VM?mattyj wrote:If you want a desktop topo program, the only solution is probably to install a VM and stick a copy of windows 7 on it - or find a different program.
Cost aside, I believe their their yearly subscription is simply a "pro" membership at alltrails.com, which doesn't get you any closer to a desktop mapping solution. And it doesn't really get you anything you can't find for free elsewhere.
by brichardsson » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:51 am
Noondueler wrote:What is a VM?mattyj wrote:If you want a desktop topo program, the only solution is probably to install a VM and stick a copy of windows 7 on it - or find a different program.
Cost aside, I believe their their yearly subscription is simply a "pro" membership at alltrails.com, which doesn't get you any closer to a desktop mapping solution. And it doesn't really get you anything you can't find for free elsewhere.
by Teresa Gergen » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:48 pm
by brichardsson » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:24 pm
Teresa Gergen wrote:What mattyj didn't do was plug his own caltopo.com online software, so I will. I've pretty much stopped using my copies of TOPO! and Terrain Navigator in favor of caltopo. Every time I go there, he's added a new useful feature. Thanks, mattyj.
by mattyj » Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:02 pm
by lcarreau » Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:56 pm
by Noondueler » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:07 am
Thanks Mattyj. I'm not necessarily locked into Topo. Maybe I should check out caltopo. I'm just looking to get to 15 and 7.5 maps of the state and mileage routes for mountain reports. My old computer is xp, it's limping along but still usablemattyj wrote:Thanks. I didn't say anything because it's hard not to venture into a rant about this huge WTF from nat geo. I get that desktop software is a shrinking market, but it seems like they're 5+ years early with this decision, and it's absolutely puzzling that they didn't develop a suitable online alternative before killing off their desktop product. AllTrails (the subscription site they partnered with) is a social network for hiking, not a topo editor.
Noondueler, this might be a bit much if you don't know what a VM is, but one route is to follow these instructions to get a copy of XP running on a VM, and then install Topo! on that. If you have a retail copy of Windows 7 (many machines come with "oem" versions that are tied to that machine) you can install it on a free VM like virtualbox.
Or find a friend that knows about this stuff and get them to do it in exchange for beer.
by jgaffney » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:51 am
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