Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
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Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
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Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#2This is cool, thanks to OP for submitting this.
In the past I have ordered topographic maps from Raven Maps and they really are excellent. Not cheap, but you can get plain paper suitable for framing or laminated if you want to write on them with whiteboard markers. I have a giant one of the USA, plus a few of states I've lived in.
No affiliation with the company except as a customer. http://www.ravenmaps.com/
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#3Note that they can be quite old (USGS rev. 2001). They also don't have a lot of detail - I was looking at the section of Appalachian trail I hiked and it would it quite difficult to use these maps even though they are nominally larger scale than the map I've used.
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#4I'm a map junkie; I grew up in the UK, where we have the Ordnance Survey, who makes some of the best maps in the world. At school we actually got lessons in mapreading and analysis.
As a result, whenever I go to another country the first thing I do is to try and find some decent maps of the area. With, you know, contours on them. It can be surprisingly hard.
I was so, so glad to find this.
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#5I'm a map junkie; I grew up in the UK, where we have the Ordnance Survey, who makes some of the best maps in the world. At school we actually got lessons in mapreading and analysis. As a result, whenever I go to another country the first thing I do is to try and find some decent maps of the area. With, you know, contours on them. It can be surprisingly hard. I was so, so glad to find this.
You may also enjoy the U.S. equivalent to the Ordnance Survey, the USGS. https://www.usgs.gov/
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#6For some reason, I read the title as being 3D printable maps for the entire US. That'll eventually come, I guess.
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#7For some reason, I read the title as being 3D printable maps for the entire US. That'll eventually come, I guess.
There is no reason you can't make a 3d map, by tracing the contour lines...
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#8For some reason, I read the title as being 3D printable maps for the entire US. That'll eventually come, I guess.
You can get low resolution digital elevation models over the US from the USGS or NASA. From there you can triangulate and generate an stl file fairly easily.
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#9The US National Map has better, more recent topos. These GeoPDFs allow turning on/off layers (e.g., satellite image, PLSS grid lines, etc). You can also download historic topos.
Re: Printable 1:24000 topographic maps for the entire US
#10This is cool, thanks to OP for submitting this. In the past I have ordered topographic maps from Raven Maps and they really are excellent. Not cheap, but you can get plain paper suitable for framing or laminated if you want to write on them with whiteboard markers. I have a giant one of the USA, plus a few of states I've lived in. No affiliation with the company except as a customer. http://www.ravenmaps.com/
Raven has some really beautiful maps. Their landforms and drainage, in particular, is a real work of art. I used to have it up on an office wall but I don't have any surface big enough for it at the moment.