Accessories

Be very careful
Be very careful .....

Is good only for use in trekking but very good

Poor quality - avoid
I bought the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx and about $400.00 worth of software. I was under the impression that the TOPO US 2008 product was the digital equivalent of the USGS 24K - but due to space concerns I assumed it would be perhaps half the resolution (otherwise my GPS would be the size and weight of a car battery). I was greatly mistaken at how inaccurate it was. After reading many other reviews, I said heck with it and ignored the nay sayers in favor of purchasing it. In my opinion, this item is worthless. I recommend that others avoid it. Garmin's units are great, but their maps and licensing (especially the unlock wizards) are a joke. I recommend buying another product altogether - the nay sayers are correct.

Mapsource Learning Curve
I found Mapsource to be a top rated program with a short learning curve. I Like It!

This is a complete Rob
I paid a lot of money for this CD upgrade for my Garmin, and I still haven't downloaded it after a year. I took it to two expert computer shops, and they can't do it. I went to website, downloaded countless updates and drivers, and it still won't work. I will never buy a Garmin product again.

pretty good, but some weaknesses
It's taking me a while to get a hang of this product, but I'm able to download and upload tracks for my eTrex Legend, and that was my main goal. Trip planning also looks useful. It doesn't have many National Forest trails in it and the trails it does have are generally poorly labled. It's still a good way to make my GPS more useful and, possibly, avoid picking up too many free trail maps to clutter my gear closet. One gripe I have, but may be me learning, is that you don't seem to be able to open a saved map file and then add a new track to it. That makes it hard to create a long-term record of one's hikes.