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.

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer.These maps—more than 178,000 of them ...

Today, more than 180,000 topographic maps are now in the USGS’s online archive, including an expanded range of map scales ...

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 States Geological Survey (USGS) continues to support the delivery of its digital maps through Avenza Systems Inc.‘s PDF Maps app. It has widened the selection to more than 120,000 US Topo ...

Any map-lovers looking to lose track of time for a few hours should say hello to the newly-arrived USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer, which allows users access to a treasure trove of maps of ...

More than 178,000 U.S. topographic maps dated between 1886 and 2006 are easily viewable and free to download online. Skip to Article. ... Map Michigan's past with new USGS online tool.

With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, t he USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating electronic US Topo quadrangles. Since the project’s ...

Since 2011, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has uploaded 190,000 scans of historical USGS topographic maps made between 1884 and 2006.

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.

Seamless Topographic USGS maps. November 30, 2011. A few months ago we showed you Matt Fox’s excellent topographic maps of New Zealand, which were quite impressive.