Map Information
Learn about, locate, view, download, or order topographic, geologic, and other special purpose maps and charts in a variety of printed and digital formats.
- The National
Map
The National Map is a consistent framework for geographic knowledge
needed by the Nation. It provides public access to high-quality, geospatial
data and information from multiple partners to help support decisionmaking by
resource managers and the public.
- Printed
Maps Descriptions
Discover a small sample of the millions of maps produced by the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) in its mission to map the Nation and survey its resources. This
site provides a brief overview of the types of maps sold and distributed by the
USGS. The USGS provides a wide variety of maps, from topographic maps showing
the geographic relief and thematic maps displaying the geology and water
resources of the United States, to special studies of the moon and planets.
- USGS
Business Partners for Maps
This web site is designed to help customers find and contact USGS Business
Partners that retail USGS maps. Although USGS hosts this site as a service to
the Business Partner network, specific information on each retailer is
maintained by that retailer.
- How to
Order Products from the USGS
This page provides ordering information for the wide range of products
available for sale from the USGS.
- Map Order
Form (PDF)
Use this form to order USGS maps, books, and other published products by mail
or fax.
- Map
Prices
Current price information for maps available from USGS can be found here.
- View USGS Maps
and Aerial Photo Images Online
The links on this page will take you to selected USGS Business Partner Program
and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where
you may view USGS maps and aerial photo images from your Web browser.
- Finding and Ordering
USGS Topographic Maps
This page focuses on traditional paper maps, but information about digital map
data can also be found at some of these sources.
- Search
for Map Coverage Using Feature Names
Query results from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) will include
the name of the 7.5 minute USGS topographic map upon which the searched feature
falls. Links provide access to online viewing of the map.
- USGS Store
Search for and order USGS Topographic Maps online.
- Topographic Map
Symbols
Describes and illustrates various symbols used on USGS topographic maps. The
map includes symbols that represent such features as streets, buildings,
streams, and woods.
- Topographic
Mapping: Online Edition (Booklet)
Introduces the elements of topographic mapping, including principal map series,
scale, control surveys, national standards, procedures, symbols, revision, and
information sources.
- National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) Topo Maps
The Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is the
distributor of public sale National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly
National Imagery and Mapping Agency) topographic maps, publications, and
digital products. This catalog contains product descriptions, and availability
for NIMA produced topographic maps and publications.
Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)
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A DRG is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series
topographic map, including all map collar information.
- DRG Fact
Sheet
Get the facts on the USGS DRG program from this informative page.
- View USGS Maps
(DRG's) and Aerial Photo Images Online
The links on this page will take you to selected USGS Business Partner Program
and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where
you may view USGS maps and aerial photo images from your Web browser.
- How to Obtain DRG's
Most DRG's are available from USGS or through our business partners. The USGS
does not make or sell DRG's for some areas because of cooperative agreements
with other agencies.
- Select and Order DRG's
Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products
through the U.S. Geological Survey's EarthExplorer service.
- DRG Order Form
(PDF)
Use this form to order USGS DRG's by mail or fax.
- DRG
Standards
Standards set the criteria and specifications to ensure that all products
prepared by the USGS Geography Discipline under the National Mapping Program
(NMP) reflect current mapping and data policies and are accurate and consistent
in style and content.
National Atlas of the United
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- National Atlas Home Page
The new National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate
children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships between
environments, places, and people. It contributes to our knowledge of the
environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political, and
historical dimensions of American life.
- Atlas Map Browser
This program allows you to make your own maps. Select, change, and display map
layers. Roam across America and zoom in to reveal more detail. Point at map
features to learn more about them. Locate and map more than 2,000,000
geographic names in the United States.
- Atlas Maps
The National Atlas of the United States includes five distinct products and
services. In addition to providing high-quality, small-scale maps, the Atlas
includes authoritative national geospatial and geostatistical data sets.
- Map Layers
Warehouse
Download National Atlas map layers at no cost via file transfer protocol. Map
layers are available in formats used by professional map makers.
- Select and Order National Atlas
Data
Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products
through the U.S. Geological Survey's EarthExplorer service.
- Earthquake
Maps
A wide variety of maps are available from the USGS in both paper and digital
form. Use the online
price list to order earthquake maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- West Nile Virus Maps
Using West Nile Virus data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) the USGS creates online map products.
- Geologic Maps that can be
Viewed and/or Downloaded
These pages contain a compilation of USGS geologic and thematic maps and map
data that can be downloaded (files in ARC/INFO export format, for example) or
viewed on the World-Wide Web.
- National Geologic Map Database
Your Geoscience resource for maps and related data about: geology, hazards,
earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and
marine geology.
- Ground Water Atlas of the United
States
This publication describes the location, the extent, and the geologic and
hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the Nation.
- USGS Thematic Map
Search
Enter a word, phrase, or number in the box, and then click on SEARCH to view a
list of all titles that contain your entry.
- Maps on Demand
Using the print-on-demand technology, the USGS is implementing map-on-demand
(MOD) printing for selected map products.
- Mineral Resources Online Spatial
Data
The Mineral Resources Program (MRP) of the USGS maintains an this web site to
provide public access to various forms of digital data. Digital data sets
include geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral resources, base maps, and
other data. Coverage varies from regional to global.
- USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping
Program
Vegetation maps are being produced for most of the park units under National
Park Service management. Deliverable products will include a digital file of
vegetation maps, digital metadata files, textual descriptions and keys to the
vegetation classes, hard-copy maps, and map accuracy verification reports.
- Browse the Solar
System
An interactive version of our popular Mapping the Solar System poster.
- Selected
Image Gallery: Space
A special collection of images that record events of historic significance,
beautiful sights or images that stir the imagination.
- Astrogeology
Gallery
A selection of the most popular and beautiful imagery created by the
Astrogeology Research Program.
- Planetary
Maps and Images
Beginning with the systematic mapping of the lunar surface more than three
decades ago, over 1600 maps of the planets and satellites of the Solar System
have been produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and by divisions of the
Defense Mapping Agency.
- Planetary
Images
Images of the planets and their satellites processed by the USGS at the
Flagstaff Field Center.
- Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image
Collection
This site allows access to the raw image data plus full and reduced resolution
JPEG versions of the MOC images and "context" JPEG images created
from Viking data.
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