johndavidjr Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 As often the case, I may be simply in the dark, but it seems like Topozone.com is sold to some site that wants money to look at maps. Can anybody recommend a similar site that's free? Why doesn't USGS put their stuff on line for free? GoogleEarth is interesting but I need USGS Quote
johndavidjr Posted April 15, 2008 Author Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) Where's the contour lines? ---AHha! that might be good...THANKS !! and what the hell is this? http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm It seems like it's probably usable but you need several doctorates in idiocy to figure it all out... Edited April 15, 2008 by johndavidjr Quote
John_Scurlock Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 As I understand it, topozone was sold to another website which I won't mention here. The switch-over occurred about a week ago, with no particular warning to topozone users. It is an unfortunate situation; now, there is no Canadian coverage, no placement of the cursor at a particular locale, no switching between the various lat/long/utc formats, and of course you have to pay to get the much reduced utility. I sent them an email asking about some of this stuff & didn't get a reply. Speaking only for myself, I won't be subscribing, and I'm in the process of removing topozone links I previously placed in some of my images & galleries. I have heard that bivouac is removing their topozone links as well.. Topozone was a great website... Quote
johndavidjr Posted April 15, 2008 Author Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) Yeah.... The USGS is in the public domain but USGS does lousy job of making stuff available free. The "National Map" I linked above seems to be it.....Horribly complicated. .Designed by IRS tax accountants and computer geniuses...AND SLOW. 90% of the features we'd want are inaccessible, unaccessible or who knows???? It's designed so every freaking obscure bit of science may or may not be available....if you care and know which button to push. Topozone maps though, were sometimes dated from 1940s... Yeah to hell with whoever they were acquired by... HEY that Acme Mapper seems like it might be really good !!! THANKS Edited April 15, 2008 by johndavidjr Quote
bar-tacked Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 UW has all the USGS quads scanned and available online: http://rocky2.ess.washington.edu/data/raster/drgclip/index.html You can’t really link to them or anything, but they may come handy if you want to print the whole quad. Quote
Couloir Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 UW has all the USGS quads scanned and available online: http://rocky2.ess.washington.edu/data/raster/drgclip/index.html You can’t really link to them or anything, but they may come handy if you want to print the whole quad. This is great, but it stops at the Columbia. I primarily use my Topo! maps for both areas, but is there anyone at UO or OSU that has done something similar? Quote
Couloir Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 Free Oregon Maps And that is how YOU roll. Thanks Mal_Con! Quote
snoboy Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 How about the whole US? http://libremap.org/ Quote
payaso Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 Try TopoFusion! http://www.topofusion.com/ It is free (you need to pay to remove the "Demo" watermark) and it has imagery, USGS, landsat, Canadian topos, and more. It also integrates with you handheld GPS, as well as GIS data if you are so inclined. Quote
Alpaholic Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 The USGS also has USGS maps for download via a user friendly google inspired map browser. Just go here (different and WAY better for our purposes than that other interactive map BS they have): http://store.usgs.gov/locator/?store_url=http://store.usgs.gov/scripts/wgate/zww20119d47dc/~flNlc3Npb249UFJEOklHU0tBSENJR1NTQVAwMjowMDAxLjAwMjkuYWYxY2ZkMWIuNTZhYyZ*aHR0cF9jb250ZW50X2NoYXJzZXQ9aXNvLTg4NTktMSZ*U3RhdGU9MjAwOTQuMDAxLjAyLjA1====?~okcode=SESH ...now all I need is access to the print shop at work... Quote
Bug Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 (edited) Does it have a map to a peninsula? Edited April 18, 2008 by Bug Quote
johndavidjr Posted April 17, 2008 Author Posted April 17, 2008 I've played aroud with these suggestions for a few minutes. They all seem good. Which is easiest? http://mapper.acme.com/ http://libremap.org/ http://www.topofusion.com/ http://store.usgs.gov/locator/?store_url...==?~okcode=SESH Quote
MysticNacho Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 the USGS one looked the easiest to me. None of these had shaded relief though. Bummer. Quote
jshamster Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 As snoboy referenced below, libremapproject is the best thing I've found. USGS is public domain, and these folks have taken it upon themselves to get the whole country on the web. Quote
mike1 Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Free is always nice, but if you really want what you want, when you want it - I recommend Terrain Navigator. Drop some cash and get the whole state with the software to view all USGS maps seamless, shaded relief and all. Upload/download GPS tracks and way points, etc. Print out maps on waterproof paper with UTM or Lat - Long grids and/or rulers to scale and be on your way. I can’t say enough about it. I got the Pro version for work and it downloads the most current aerial photography or satellite images too. Quote
PaulB Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 How about the whole US? http://libremap.org/ Canada too: GeoGratis Quote
ashw_justin Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 This open source GTK program viking is a decent basic map browsing client that supports a number of different web-fetched formats including USGS and Google. It has a neat layering scheme that supports semi-transparent overlays. It's not a finished product and I'm not sure about Windows/Mac support. USGS topo overlayed on USGS aerial, auto-downloaded/displayed in 'browse-time': Quote
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