This is nice to know, but a little late to be really
necessary. Unlike those of many countries, U. S. topo maps have
never been copyrighted and are available in the public domain, but
the USGS itself did not host them on the web. Most states have some
agency or university that has USGS topo maps for specific areas
freely available on their web sites. For instance Texas topos are
available at <http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/datadownload/download.jsp>
and New Mexico at <http://sar.lanl.gov/topo_maps/>. Recently,
however, the USGS themselves finally put up all of their maps, so
there is no longer a need for any outside hosts. Go to
<http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php>. If only Mexico would do the same!
Mark Minton
At 04:52 PM 12/7/2009, [email protected] wrote:
Posted in the Texas canoeing list.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Kulawiec
To:
Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 1:03 pm
Subject: Re: Fwd: For all topo map fan out there USGS News release
re new map program
Every USGS topo map is available for download free via Libremap:
http://libremap.org/
A lot of people worked very hard to make this (public domain) data
available to the public, so if you find it useful, you might consider
throwing a coin or two their way. (I've got no involvement with
this project other than as a very satisfied user.)
---Rsk
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