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What can you do with a topoView map?

What can you do with a topoView map?

TopoView shows the many and varied older maps of each area, and so is especially useful for historical purposes—for example, the names of some natural and cultural features have changed over time, and the historical names can be found on many of these topographic maps.

How do I find, download, or order topographic maps?

Download all dates and scales of USGS topographic maps free of charge from the following applications or order paper copies of all dates through the USGS Store. This includes both current US Topo maps (computer generated every 3 years since 2009) and Historical topographic maps (produced by hand until 2009).

Where can I find USGS topographic quadrangle maps?

2. The Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) is a set of scanned images of USGS topographic quadrangle maps originally published as paper documents in the period 1884-2006. Both US Topo and HTMC maps can be downloaded free of charge through several USGS interfaces.

What can you do with a USGS topographic map?

TopoView shows the many and varied topographic maps of each of these areas through history. This can be particularly useful for historical purposes, such as finding the names of natural and cultural features that have changed over time. Explore all 7.5 and 15-minute topographic (topo) maps within the USGS Store.

How can I use sartopo for topographic mapping?

Use SARTopo for collaborative trip planning, detailed elevation profiles and terrain analysis, printing geospatial PDFs, and exporting maps to your smartphone as KMZ or MBTiles files. Print free USGS topo PDFs! Export topographic maps to Google Earth and Garmin GPS as KML and KMZ files.

Where can I download topo maps for free?

US Topo maps can be downloaded free of charge from several USGS websites. All maps can be viewed and printed with Adobe Reader or comparable PDF viewing software. Limited GIS functionality, such as displaying ground coordinates, is available with all maps, and the layered construction of the PDF files allows users to turn data layers on and off.