What are some good mapping programs that yall use? I currently use Delorme, which I like, but I'd like to see what else is out there. Delorme is pretty easy to use but I hunt relatively flat land and it doesn't have real detailed contours on the map, nothing like a regular topo map off the internet has. So what is a good program I can buy? Thanks for the help.
If you are set on buying a map TerraServer's Maptech is pretty good. Quite honestly though, these days, mapper.acme.com combined with goggle earth I don't see a real reason buy maps anymore.
Oh I love mapper acme, I've been using it for about a year now. But I like programs like Delorme so that I can draw my roads on the maps, set points as my corners on our land and stands and not have those big bubbles as all of my markers. I also draw all of my foodplots on my maps, etc. I may just stick to using mapper acme and Delorme like I have been doing the past year, I was just trying to see what else is out there. It is also hard for me to print a good map off of mapper acme, that's one thing I don't like about the site. Thanks.
Try doing a screen shot of the map you want to print then paste into a photo editor software. I have Adobe professional software at work for making pdf documents and I paste it into there. I can draw over the top, crop it and it works really well. You should be able to do the same in a photo software.
I use DeLorme and have downloaded the aerials, USGS 7.5-minute quads, etc. If you download those add-ons their maps are as detailed as any. Check in to that. https://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtdItemDetail.jsp?item=28705§ion=10043
Check out mytopo.com and for quick searchs on property that your semi firmiliar with I constantly use google earth
If you are looking with a mapping feature with a little kick check out the Non-Typical Whitetail Journal. We have linked to Google maps. You are able to enter your own private lists of treestands and trail cam locations (with lat and longs) and then click view map and see them. We also have treestand and trail cam statistics with the mapping feature, based on observations you enter in your journal. The mapping feature is just a by-product of this very comprehensive journal, but it is very useful. You can get a year long subscription to the journal for probably less than a map will cost you for somewhere else, and with our journal you can edit the maps anytime you want and always have the most current view of your stands and cameras. We are offering a FREE TRIAL until Aug 31st. Give it a try. Dan Ketchum www.stepaheadoutdoor.com
I ordered mine thru MyTopoMaps........ Great HUGE map of the area... Laminated and waterproof.. mark on it and alcohol rubs it off.... I wanna say it was about $45 for a 5 foot by 3 foot laminated map..
If ones idea of deer huntin' is trying to run one over with there pick-up you don't need a map. LOL. Many years ago, I knew a 90 something year old man, long time friend of the family that always tried to do that if he saw one. I can still see him slinging gravel and stirin' up a ton of dust trying to do just that. Of course he never hit one, but I can see him doing that, like it was yesterday and still almost smell rubber burning. Rest in peace Orville my friend.
I use mapper.acme, screenshot it and paste it into paint. Then draw on it in paint. So far it has worked verry well. I will print it out on my printer and take it out to the woods with me for reference. The only thing I wish it would do is zoom in closer on the topo. The staelite views soom into 200' scale but the topo only zooms in to 500' scale. For free it works great.
