Nat Geo Topo quads
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Nat Geo Topo quads
For those who like quads, you can now print topo quads from National Geographic. More info: http://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads
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Re: Nat Geo Topo quads
Very nice and handy access from anywhere. Thanks for posting John!
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Re: Nat Geo Topo quads
NATGEO does a good job of cleaning up and enhancing these maps. I wonder why they haven't processed all of them. Windigo and Feldtman Lake are simple scans of original. Cartography is a passion. I could spend hours studying almost any map, the older the better.
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Re: Nat Geo Topo quads
Older maps were works of art. New maps are works of computer. I used to hang charts and maps on my walls because they were so beautiful to looks at. I remember talking to a NOAA cartographer who described the painstaking work of charting hundreds of individual pilings with a drop-compass.
Anyway, USGS has scans of most quadrangles available as GEO-PDF files. Here's the link to the metadata for the WIndigo Quadrangle. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/ite ... 8121c894b1
Anyway, USGS has scans of most quadrangles available as GEO-PDF files. Here's the link to the metadata for the WIndigo Quadrangle. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/ite ... 8121c894b1