When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...

The most complete digital topographic ever made of the Earth was released by NASA today (Oct. 17). The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was created from images collected by the Japanese ...

A new geographic information systems (GIS)-ready topographic-map-style template is now available from the USGS National Geospatial Program. The Topo TNM Style Template can be readily used with the ...

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We have in the past looked at a lot of content provided by the USGS. The USGS is the provider of the data for the ‘earthquakes layer’ in Google Earth. We also looked at some of their future plans, ...

Maps help us find, discover, and reach new places. Although the field of geography is focused on locations, it is also a ...

Topographical map of the world, with higher mountain ranges in dark brown and lower areas in green. The Northern Hemisphere has more land mass and higher mountains than the Southern Hemisphere, which ...

OFFICIAL large-scale maps are available for comparatively few parts of the world outside western and central Europe, including the British Isles, the eastern United States, India, much of Burma, ...

The science team that oversees the imaging system onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the Moon ever created. This new ...

A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...

No audio available for this content. March 2014 US Topo map of the Moab, Utah area, 1:24,000 scale. Orthoimage layer is turned on, contour and woodland layers turned off. Map: USGS Newly released US ...