View USGS maps and aerial photo images online
Portal to selected USGS Business Partner Program and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where USGS maps and aerial photo images may be viewed wtih a Web browser.
(Score: 2.000)
National mapping information
Portal to national mapping programs and products of the Geography Discipline with multiple links to databases, datasets, map products, National Map, National Atlas, GISDATA web, National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and geographic names.
(Score: 1.380)
The National Map
Homepage describing the National Map project, which will produce a seamless, continuously maintained set of public domain geographic base information, with links to map viewer, pilot projects, reports, fact sheets, and national atlas.
(Score: 1.380)
Atlas of Antarctic research
Entry to the Atlas of Antarctic Research giving a common base map for displaying research results, data, and descriptions of projects. Layers can viewed or downloaded as Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), digital aerial photos, and satellite images.
(Score: 0.828)
United States Antarctic Resource Center
Archive of Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the United States and other member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
(Score: 0.828)
Geographic data download
Site to download various geographic datasets with links to FTP file access, status maps, public domain software, and Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) information. These datasets are not directly viewable.
(Score: 0.690)
Historic maps from the Library of Congress archives
Scanned images of historic maps from the archives of the Library of Congress made available as online PDF files for viewing or available for purchase as paper copies with order forms and price list.
(Score: 0.690)
Mid-Continent Mapping Center
Overview of the Mid-Continent Mapping Center, Rolla, Missouri, a production, research, and data management facility for maps and digital cartographic data products, with links to directions, programs, mapping products, and visitors center.
(Score: 0.690)
National Map: topographic maps for the 21st century
Description of the National Map project intended to provide a seamless, integrated, and continuously maintained set of geographic base information for easily accessible, up-to-date, accurate mapping of the United States.
(Score: 0.690)
National mapping and remotely sensed data
Links to USGS mapping and remotely sensed data, product information, availability and ordering, other USGS thematic data clearinghouse sites, FGDC clearinghouse gateways, software and related sites.
(Score: 0.690)
Online map lists
How to locate and order USGS topographic maps. Database is searchable by state, map name, and coordinates.
(Score: 0.690)
Orienteering
Information on orienteering tours around the USGS National Center building teaching visitors how to use topographic maps. Includes information on tour times, guided tours, self-guiding tours, interesting facts, Earthquiz and directions to Center.
(Score: 0.690)
Raised-relief maps
Address list for companies selling raised-relief maps shaded or three dimensional to show contours and elevations and may be in plastic, rubber or vinyl and not available from the USGS.
(Score: 0.690)
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
Home page for the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center in Denver, CO with mapping activities in the western U.S. with links to research activities, products, mapping liaisons, and education.
(Score: 0.690)
Tapestry of time and terrain: union of two maps, geology and topography
Colored map compiled by merging geologic and topographic maps of the United States through computer processing and enhancement with links to panoramic movie using QuickTime, descriptions of features, and a game entitled Puzzle of Regions.
(Score: 0.690)
Topographic maps
General information on topographic maps with links to topographic mapping, USGS topographic maps, digital raster graphics,how to find and order USGS maps, map revision, and map symbols
(Score: 0.690)
Definition:
a) General configuration of a land surface or any part of the Earth’s surface, including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features. b) Natural or physical surface features of a region, considered collectively as to form; the features revealed by the contour lines of a map. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
Used for:
quadrangle maps, relief maps, topographic maps
