Garmin Pilot (iOS) Topo question

[Stewartb]

Does anyone know of a way to improve the topo map (VFR) detail and fesolution? I used to buy a $100 SD card upgrade to load into Garmin panel GPS units and it had excellent detail. The Pilot app is very anemic by comparison. Is there a solution to close the gap?

 

[tsts4]

You can toggle on the “terrain” feature under overlays. That will color code the terrain on both maps and charts. That’s all I got.

 

[Stewartb]

Not what I meant. Compare a hiking GPS topo to Garmin Pilot. Night and day. They have the mapping, I wonder why they don’t utilize it.

 

[tsts4]

My guess is because Garmin wants to sell you as many devices and platforms as they can.

 

[MooneyDriver78]

Did you download the hi resolution version of terrain which is well above 600MB in size?

 

[Stewartb]

I thought I did but after some investigating it wasn’t selected. Thanks for pointing out what I had failed to recognize!