I made a very silly little website & bot to highlight random corners of #newzealand #topomaps

Blog post soon™ but go and appreciate the maps right now!
https://mastodon.social/@nz_topomap/113792461103040336

USGS Releases New Topographic Maps For Puerto Rico & The U.S. Virgin Islands – Updated Maps For Essential Needs
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/news/usgs-releases-new-topographic-maps-puerto-rico-and-us <-- shared article
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https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/ <-- USGS National Map Downloader
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/topobuilder <-- USGS OnDemand Topo
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #PuertoRico #USVI #USVirginIslands #topomaps #20K #UStopomaps #topographic #map #NationalMap #TheNationalMap #TNM #NationalMapCorp #volunteers
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USGS Topo maps: Nice collection of historical maps
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/access-over-181000-usgs-historical-topographic-maps/
#topography #topomaps #history #maps #usgs #us #+

'Maps, Spatial Data And Science – 125+ Years Of Recognised Interconnected Value, Need & Support
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https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/john-wesley-powell
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“A Government cannot do any scientific work of more value to the people at large than by causing the construction of proper topographic maps of the country.”
~ John Wesley Powell, second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881 – 1894)
The formats, data collection methods, data availability, science and so much more has changed incredibly in the last 125+ years - but this observation is still so very true for the government, industry, non-profits and so much more…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #change #maps #science #appliedscience #maps #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #history #data #publicdata #opendata #openaccess #valuetothepublic #topomaps
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The things you find in old buildings (810, DFC)

#mapping #scribing #mapmaking #historic #historicmaps #offsetprinting #cartography #topomaps #instrumentation #byhand #USGS