Coverage of preloaded TopoActive Maps is based on where the Garmin device was purchased. For example, if purchased in the United States it will come preinstalled with TopoActive North America.
Select your product to confirm this information applies to you
TopoActive Maps on the Montana 700 Series
The Montana® 700 series outdoor handhelds comes preloaded with TopoActive mapping, which includes features and benefits optimized for outdoor activities.
What Are the Features Included in TopoActive Maps?
Routable roads, trails, and walking paths; international boundaries, waterways, natural features, land use areas, historical sites, airport structures, buildings, and more. TopoActive maps will not supply turn-by-turn routing in automotive routing profiles.
Loaded with thousands of points of interest, including shops, restaurants and bars, car parks, schools and universities, and accommodations.
Contour line information varies based on location and the detailed information that OpenStreetMap has for that area. For example, contour or elevation lines are at roughly 100ft intervals for the North America TopoActive map. Other regions may use a shaded relief map and contain no contour lines.
TopoActive mapping will include any fire trails that are present in OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org). Many fire trails are included, but we cannot speak to their completeness. They will appear as unpaved roads on the map.
While there are many points of interest searchable with the installed TopoActive mapping, there is no address search function.
The quality of the coverage will depend on the region. Urban areas will typically be more developed while coverage in rural areas may not be very good. TopoActive Maps are a Garmin OpenStreetMap Product.
The following examples show what the map can look like at different zoom levels.
NOTE: Detail and coverage may vary depending on the region you are using it in.
The following examples show a comparison of what the new US TopoActive mapping can look like compared to the US Topo 100k.
NOTE: The US Topo 100k map is no longer available for purchase. Example images are taken from BaseCamp™ software and may have a slightly different appearance on your device.
US Topo 100k
US TopoActive
Routing With the TopoActive Map
TopoActive mapping is routable and can give calculated, lock-on trail or street, turn by turn guidance to a destination.
This map has several different routing options available.
While TopoActive mapping will provide road and trail navigation for Hiking and Cycling, it will only give straight-line navigation when routing is set for Automobile or Motorcycle Driving. The TopoActive mapping is based on OSM (OpenStreetMaps) that have not been verified safe for automotive driving. Also, the option for navigating to an address is not available with this map.
Changing Routing Settings on the Montana 700 Handhelds
Touch
to access the main menu.Select Setup.
Select Routing.
Select Activity to change the activity used for route calculations.
NOTE: If this option is not available, toggle off Direct Routing.
OpenStreetMap Details
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is developed and added to by community mappers around the world. OSM is a highly detailed dataset. In many rural areas of the world, OSM has medium-to low-detailed data. Features are added and edited by community members with local knowledge. Coverage of features may vary and includes geographic locations, place names, landmarks, points of interest, hydrographic features, and land-use/land cover. OSM is an open data source. OSM also includes an open data source elevation dataset. The scale is not consistent because the OSM data is Volunteered Geographic Information. Scale detail can vary from 1:24K or better in major urban areas to much higher scales in more rural areas.
You can contribute to this database for future releases by adding, updating, editing and commenting:
Go to OpenStreetMap.org.
Create a free account.
Follow the outlined steps for becoming a contributor.
If you prefer not to map the updates, you can add a comment at the location that needs reviewing and other contributors will review, investigate and apply the update when appropriate.
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