Dang, Ted, that critter is EXPENSIVE! No doubt you like it! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I'm sure I would, too! Really impressive feature set.

Maptech, IIRC, is the one that has about the best elevation data. And getting the photos via subscription keeps them more current on that stuff. Maptech claims down to 1m / pixel resolution... we flew the county at that res in color last year and our city at approx 6" / pixel resolution - I'm mildly curious to see if our investment turns up in someone else's data set.

Closer comparison to Topo USA wouldn't be the Pro version; it would be the standard version:
http://www.maptech.com/land/terrainnavigator/index.cfm - have you used that version? If so, how do you like it?

Back to cost - that's kind of a big deal to me. Pro is $299/state and regular is $99/state. Topo USA is $99 for all states. National Geographic's topo software is superficially similar to MapTech's and both used scanned maps. I prefer vector-based digital images if I can get them - that's a plus in my mind with the Topo USA. <shrug> I like some of the features in MapTech, so.. that's why I'm looking for info.

So... let me guess - you have Illinois dataset for sure... <trying to figure out what he can trade Ted for a couple of custom map files> <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the info!

Tom