Using scanned maps and data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Esri developed an interactive tool to explore topographic maps of the US.

Despite its name, it is not for actually viewing maps but rather, it helps you find and download them. The maps in question are historical topographic maps of the US from the USGS’s vast collection.

The USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer, created in a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and ESRI, includes dozens of maps of Atlanta going back as far as 1888. Each map can be ...

Topographic maps Although topographic features of the Seattle area are visible on other types of maps, the first dedicated topographic mapping was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1893.

A map of Chicago, Illinois, imprinted in 1913 from the United States Geographical Survey’s historical topographic map collection. Image courtesy of the USGS Map lovers, rejoice! The United ...

The USGS just debuted a new online map viewer that gives the public easy access to the agency's collection of more than 178,000 historical topographic maps that cover the entire country, dated ...

The effort relied on oral histories of local tribes, remote sensing equipment aboard satellites, U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, century-old aerial photographs, historical archives ...

Everyone is invited to Dummerston Historical Society’s quarterly meeting in Dummerston Center on Thursday, July 17. A ...

These maps clearly and accurately depict natural topography as well as all the roads, man-made hazards and obstructions found on paper topographic charts.

To better predict where the undocumented wells might be, researchers first pair the new with the old: modern artificial intelligence (AI) and historical topographic maps.

Here you'll find topographic maps, transit ridership maps, sewer system charts and a whole variety of other cartographic efforts you're unlikely to come across elsewhere.