topozone is now part of trails.com

[CBSSTony]

There goes the free topos.

[map man]

Bummer. I'm the supervisor of a library map room and refer patrons to topozone.com often. Now I guess I'll have to tell people "it ain't free anymore."

[Jack Tarlin]

Stuff truly worthwhile is usually worth paying for.

Ya want it? Pay for it, if the cost is reasonable.

Ya don't wanna pay for it?

Go without.

Non issue.

[Sly]

Stuff truly worthwhile is usually worth paying for.

Ya want it? Pay for it, if the cost is reasonable.

Ya don't wanna pay for it?

Go without.

Non issue.

There's lot of truly worthwhile free stuff on the web. Not everything is about money.

[fiddlehead]

Yeah, like google earth!

Satellite images (i hear they're even fairly up to date in the states) as well as topo (USGS quads) are available for free. Here are some instructions if you haven't figured it out: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...opo_map_i.html

I really don't know how you could compete with THAT!

[kayak karl]

Stuff truly worthwhile is usually worth paying for.

Ya want it? Pay for it, if the cost is reasonable.

Ya don't wanna pay for it?

Go without.

Non issue.

i got trails.com. helps on day trips and familly things. ideas for different states. worth the money. like being a donating member to forum sites

[Tennessee Viking]

There is a google applet that does topos.

I found it at the Dunigan's Tennessee Lanform site.

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landf...e=8&file=falls

Its move as smooth as regular Google Maps but its free.

Google and partners should also be in progress of updating their earth imagery. It looks a whole lot clearer and defined

[CBSSTony]

I know anything worth having is worth buying. I liked it because I could flip between journals and maps to follow peoples progress on trails.

[naturejunkie]

Stuff truly worthwhile is usually worth paying for.

Ya want it? Pay for it, if the cost is reasonable.

Ya don't wanna pay for it?

Go without.

Non issue.

In my experience, I've found the best stuff is almost always free.

[jersey joe]

Usually when a free service gets bought up, another comparable free service is started....MSN bird's eye view is very cool, blows google maps away for helicopteresque view.(not topos)

[jhick]

Check this site out.

http://www.fivemillionsteps.com/trailmap.php

[SGT Rock]

I don't know, but is it just me? I never really like Trails.com

[veteran]

Terra Server - Springer Mtn

Try this Site

http://www.yvanovich.com/terraserver...19306:34.62915

[X-LinkedHiker]

DAMNIT. Stupid trails.com is going to make us pay to use the bathroom in the woods soon enough. Now where to go for free maps?

[jlb2012]

http://mapper.acme.com/ looks promising