And other states such as Tennessee have their topos on TNRIS-like sites, as well. But it's good to get map source discussion going occasionally, because new stuff turns up. For example, I have not seen a world-wide map index such as this one posted to TAG-NET by Jeremy Spiers in a string of responses to my forward from Canoe Tex:
<<8) topos By: Jeremy Spiers (Knoxville, Tennessee) A lot of people have responded with good links, but I find this linkindispensable for online research of topos, maps, and aerial photographyhttp://mapper.acme.com/Locations can be found by address or coordinates, using mostcoordinate systemsGood stuff!Cheers!JS>> Roger Moore -----Original Message----- From: Mark Minton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2009 9:52 pm Subject: [Texascavers] Re: Public domain free USGS News rmaps 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 You may reply to [email protected] Permanent email address is [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
