Don't confuse this with the G1 Map
937233
This is a great map, but I got it mixed up with the Butler Colorado G1 Best Rides Map. This is the Back-country Discovery (BDR) Map. Perhaps you are more together than I am and did not need this review, but here it is. Be advised: Butler makes more than one Colorado map.
1441190
I can see why people are POed about this.  I am giving this 5 stars based on the quality of the product, because it is very nice, and not for the sneaky marketing schemes of Garmin, which would get -5 in my book.  The base map that comes with a Garmin GPS is rubbish.  Not just with respect to it not having any city streets but even the lakes are all deformed and inaccurate. While motoring out of our dock the GPS showed us going over land!  City navigator fixed all this and it quite impressive.  So ... this software is an ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE if you are going to buy a Garmin Mapping GPS.  This is something that Garmin neglects to advertise since they know you will have to buy the mapping software once you bought the GPS.  Luckily I paid half retail for my GPS unit so I am not quite as ticked.  The software unlock process is unnecessarily absurd as well.
4242962
Said American and European maps; well, they were both there, but once you used one, the other disappeared. Later when I went to Europe, they were gone and I was stranded with no idea where to go. Already had a garmin for America so this is useless. Seems like false advertising.
59151
Currently the game is being patched and balanced in Japan. However they plan to bring the patch over to the rest of the world once balancing is complete. This means that the guide will be out of date / not correct for many items, areas and other areas of game data. I would hold off till they release a revised guide.
2267418
Just be careful! If you have more than one Garmin unit, you CAN NOT SHARE ONE MAP update! Each unit must have it own map update. That means not one but 2 purchases. Is it worth it? Frankley I don't think so.
I purchased a new Garmin for a gift for my daughter. Garmin had just elected to no longer allow free updates for this unit as newer units were already on the shelf. I bought the unit and an updated map set thinking I could update the new unit, and the other 2 my wife and I use. Wrong - no way!
I programed the unit I was giving to my daughter and tried it out. Finally after 3 years, Garmin added our sub -division to the mapping system. I'm sure they have done the same thing with other 3 + year old locations that somehow they missed. As cities across America change their street configurations due to construction of sewers and new highways, will the new map set from the Garmin pick these up? Not likely as they may be only temporary. Thus is it worth spendning anywhere from $55 to $85 for the update - I don't think so. Especially in these "tighter" economic times. I'll save the money 2 more map sets would require and wait a couple of more years to update.
Perhaps Garmin and the other manufactures that follow this money grabbing method of charging for updates will realize that selling updates with the ability to upgrade more than one unit from a map set makes for good customer relations, but I won't hold my breath for that!
4291183
Beautiful map.  The Winkel-Tripel projection is in my opinion the most visually appealing one of all world maps.
This map does have a major error, however.  The scale is listed as 1:29,802,000 at the equator.  It takes but a simple measurement to discover that it is wrong.  If you follow this map's scale, then the distance between Africa and South America along the equator measures 5,400 km, whereas in reality it is about 6,500 km.  The Earth circumference at the equator, being about 40,000 km in real life, measures only 33,000 km on this map.
Hard to believe that the National Geographic (whose logo and copyright signs emblazon the map), would ever make a mistake like that.  What I find easier to believe is that someone in the publishing house decided to save on the printing costs and shrank the map.  "Just a little bit, 'cause no one will notice anyway".

In the end, if you change the scale at the equator to 1:36,000,000, then all the distances come out correct.  So ignore the printed scale numbers on the map, or buy the real National Geographic map.  Otherwise this map is fine, good packaging, bright and contrasty colors, sharp detail.
2307763
I also reviewed the other Provence map and have to say you don't really need 2 maps for the Provencal region. I think it is a rip-off to make you buy 2 maps. GPS and maps we got while in France were much better. Just try folding these all different ways and figuring out where you are with MINISCULE print.
608467
I like the Lonely Planet guides.  Problem with this title, though, is it completely omits Shizuoka.  It's marked on maps as a large city, but there's no information on it.  I happen to be spending twelve weeks there, and though the book will be great for excursions to the surrounding areas, it's not useful for living in Shizuoka itself.
964302
I get lost in FPS games easily, so maps are a must for me. There are maps in this book, but I can't really understand them. They use no consistent "upwards" direction, vary in scale for the same place, and don't seem related to their enumerated notes all that well. The notes, also, accompany pictures the size of matchbook covers, wasting the large format of the book (I use a magnifying glass to see them, but, even then, the four-color printing process lacks detail at the size in the book.) Even when I am _sure_ I know where I am on a map, I somehow end up discovering that what I thought was, for example, the door in the south wall to the next chamber, it puts me in a tunnel I can't find on the map anywhere. Or, when I am _sure_ I am on the upper level of a two-level chamber, the map only makes sense if I act like I'm on the lower level. And so on.

If you like the "lore" of a game (details on weapons, vehicles, creatures, etc), you will probably enjoy this. If you want something to help you when you are lost in the game arena, you may well end up disappointed. Amazingly, however, this appears to be the only books of its kind (maybe I am rare in being the kind of person who gets lots in FPS games). So, if you are desperate, you might try this; just don't get your hopes up. Actually, you might just be better off sketching out your own maps as you go along. You'll get killed a lot in the process, but that's why checkpoints exist, right?
4348827
This is a decent map with good quality materials; however, NZ is heavily geared towards tourism and we found the free maps that you can get all over the place were more detailed for the specific area you are in and they're FREE.  No need to buy this, trust me.  We were handed maps so often that we started to deline since we had so many in our rental car.
2829259
The STREETWISE TOKYO MAP was really helpful for my first trip to Tokyo this month. Not only does it break Tokyo down into the separate districts like Shibuya, Shinjuku, Asakusa, etc., it provides icons for big hotels and landmarks, so that you can figure out where you are, and there's also a Tokyo area map showing all of the districts within Tokyo.

Another really good thing about the map is the listing of subway/train station numbers and lines. This was really helpful in figuring out the route from point A to point B. We learned the hard way that Tokyo isn't an area that you can walk from one place to another, unless you're really familiar with the streets, because they aren't logically set up like here in the states. The streets of Tokyo branch out and twist and turn and you can get lost very easily!

We got lost about 3 or 4 times, even when we were walking in what seemed like a straight line. Luckily, the STREEWISE TOKYO MAP shows the subway and train lines so you can just follow along the appropriate line to get from where you are to where you want to go and then head down to the station. Because the subway lines have a combination of letters and numbers, i.e. the Marunouchi line is listed on the map and in real life as "M" plus a number denoting the station stops, it's really easy to figure out which line you need to be taking and at what number stop you need to get off at.

Trust the map and the numbers because there was one anomaly that appears in the Shibuya area of the map and Shinjuku. Actually it isn't an anomaly but if you walked the area, we walked from the Tokyo Gymnasium back into Shinjuku where we were staying, it would seem that Shibuya is actually above Shinjuku, but it's not. So when we decided to ride the Fukutoshin Line to get to Harujuku, after getting hopelessly lost on foot, we noticed that the station stop numbers were getting higher, instead of lower, but it was right on.

The above probably makes no sense, but if you've ever walked the streets of Shinjuku and Shibuya you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

Anyway, the map is great for finding your way when you become lost, or may actually prevent it, and it'll help you figure out the subway and train lines so you can get to where you need to go.
4335806
This game adds an extra element to prevent other players blocking off a route that you may need to use.  Doing this takes away from the main part of the original that made it fun.  The Marklin/Germany map is a better option over this one.
1247016
Got the book earlier than I expected and in good condition, which is great! Giving it four stars because some of the questions don't match up with the map it tells you to look at. Example: on page 434 questions 50 and 51 tells you to look at map on page 435. However it's impossible to do unless you actually look at page 423's map. They're both labeled figure 25 but they're actually different looking. It was the same case on a couple other questions in the previous chapters.
1667935
It's a good strategy guide, but these guys don't know their east from their west. I had to look at the maps every single time to confirm the information. Everything else was very detailed and easy to read.
2677299
Key map is the same as the US version with two Key labels reversed (Y and Z reversed and two punctuation keys)
4750101
I am so disappointed about the map.
Their world map in figure doesn't show whole country.
765399
Yes, I am a G1 Transformers nerd, and I don't care if you know it.

This is an excellent addition to any fan's Transformers collection, and has a great task of pulling together decades of Transformer lore into a coherent package. There's a fair bit of retconning, as far as I'm concerned, but I wish these were the movies we had, instead of the nonsense they've become.

Note that this isn't a toy for kids; the shield, which stores the book, is meant to be hung on a wall without the book, keep the book safe, or be neatly stored away. If you have someone that wants to play with a Transformer, don't buy them this...it's a book you'll want to keep as a key part of your collection.