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For many months I've been trying unsuccessfully to find out the spec and quality of Topo Espana, Garmin's equivalent of Topo GB for Spain. The product is not distributed outside Spain! The link to third party developers from Garmin's site - http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mpc/#Spain - looks good. However, I'm sceptical and before I spend about 160 euros I need to know that the product is at least as good as Topo GB. While on holiday recently in Ibiza I couldn't even buy the product from a GPS shop which seemed strange. The salesperson saying that only limited supplies of the CD were available, and in any case it could be downloaded free from the Internet. I've searched the net and can't find any GPS map with a good comprehensive coverage of Spain including the Canary and Balearic Islands. There is a crude topo map of Spain but it only covers the very south of Andalucia and none of the Islands. Either Topo Espana is great and the Spanish want to keep it to themselves or it's poor quality. I've found a few Spanish websites that might sell it. Does anyone know more detail about Topo Espana and if it's worth buying? Thanks