National Geographic TOPO price slashed in half

National Geographic has announced that they have cut the price of their TOPO State Series product in half, to $49.95, giving you every USGS topo map for your state or region for a pretty amazing price. IMHO, this is the best product out there for producing printed maps showing your waypoints and tracks. It’s essential that you carry a paper map when entering the backcountry, and this software allows you to layer the same data that’s on your GPS and focus on the exact area you plan to traverse.

I’ve written about this program several times before, most recently in my Routine GPS backcountry prep post, where I discuss my workflow prior to outings, from finding tracks of trails to printing the NG TOPO map with a UTM grid overlay to allow me to quickly locate my position on the map.