No audio available for this content. This graphic represents the planned US Topo map production schedule for the next three- year revision cycle. The US Topo project repackages data from national GIS ...

Going for a hike this fall? The U.S. Geological Survey has free maps that might come in handy. The public topoBuilder app is now offering custom maps made free with their 25K Recreational Topo layer.

We have in the past looked at a lot of content provided by the USGS. The USGS is the provider of the data for the ‘earthquakes layer’ in Google Earth. We also looked at some of their future plans, ...

No audio available for this content. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that more than 400 new topographic maps are now available for the state of Alaska. The new maps are part of the U.S.

The history of United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic mapping reflects more than a shift in cartographic style — it represents a fundamental transformation in how geographic information is ...

Those giant maps gathering dust in the corner of your favorite outdoor store have finally been brought into the 21st century. National Geographic‘s new service, launched last week on their Maps site, ...

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer. These maps—more than 178,000 of them—date back ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is using TerraGo Technologies' GeoPDF format to make its primary base series quadrangle maps available online. The USGS GeoPDF maps can be ...

For outdoor lovers, no map is more iconic – or useful – than a USGS topo map. While the concentric, sepia lassos of elevation are the maps’ visual signature, their real power is the cross-referenced ...

A detailed representation of a landscape, created by the United States Geological Survey, and a rare example of something every bit as beautiful as it is useful. The charts were the brainchild of ...

A few months ago we showed you Matt Fox’s excellent topographic maps of New Zealand, which were quite impressive. Over the years he’s had many requests to create similar maps with seamless USGS ...