Sorry, should have been more specific. Garmin has the Huntview maps, OnXMaps has the Hunt maps. Garmin $20 cheaper. But if they don't update their maps, especially since 2008 as I was told, the landowner info could be way off. People I've spoken to about the OnXMaps say they are updated frequently, just for that reason.
As for the original post, the land may not change geographically much, but the roads/trails are ever changing. Just came back from 4 days up in the Boise Nat'l Forest, and several road/trails that showed on my Topo 100k that came loaded on my 600t (and when "updating" loaded the latest map set) it showed were obviously abandoned long ago, impassable even on ATV. There were also several named/signed roads that didn't show on the 100k map. So, roads do change a lot in 7 yrs, which I was told was the latest Garmin base map. They did say that they were supposidly going out with a new 2015 Topo map, but that would mean paying another full price for the update?
I downloaded the highest rated Idaho 24k map from here, it's nice but also from 2008? At least it said "last updated". Haven't been back up to see if those new roads show or not yet.
I'll go back and re-read the map details, but I thought I'd read it showed shaded areas for private/public land. The only thing it shows is Forest service land (in green shaded), but no BLM, etc. not complaining, it's free and way more detailed than the Garmin 100k.
I was pleasantly surprised that it loaded right on the unit, I bought a 32 GB micro sd to load it too.
Thanks again for the help, and appreciate any and all advice you can give!
As for the original post, the land may not change geographically much, but the roads/trails are ever changing. Just came back from 4 days up in the Boise Nat'l Forest, and several road/trails that showed on my Topo 100k that came loaded on my 600t (and when "updating" loaded the latest map set) it showed were obviously abandoned long ago, impassable even on ATV. There were also several named/signed roads that didn't show on the 100k map. So, roads do change a lot in 7 yrs, which I was told was the latest Garmin base map. They did say that they were supposidly going out with a new 2015 Topo map, but that would mean paying another full price for the update?
I downloaded the highest rated Idaho 24k map from here, it's nice but also from 2008? At least it said "last updated". Haven't been back up to see if those new roads show or not yet.
I'll go back and re-read the map details, but I thought I'd read it showed shaded areas for private/public land. The only thing it shows is Forest service land (in green shaded), but no BLM, etc. not complaining, it's free and way more detailed than the Garmin 100k.
I was pleasantly surprised that it loaded right on the unit, I bought a 32 GB micro sd to load it too.
Thanks again for the help, and appreciate any and all advice you can give!
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