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Detailed Outlook of Garmin Topo Maps

Land navigation is easy to do if you have the proper skill and technology. You should have a good compass or preferably Garmin Topo Maps for seeing a realistic landscape depiction. These maps are indispensable for campaigning and hiking purposes. The maps have symbols and counter lines to represent varying terrains and other key landscape features. The maps have contour lines that are used to depict changes in elevation. Close contour lines represent deeper terrain while open lines indicate flat terrain. These maps play an important part during any type of outdoor activities as they give a detailed outlook of the land. In today’s time, these maps are one of the accurate maps you can get your hands on.  Moreover, you need proper skills and knowledge so that you can understand these maps as a three-dimensional view of a landscape. The counter lines include numbers known as index contour lines. These numbers denote the elevation in feet and the lines in between the numbers are ca