You may be familiar with the monthly magazine and with the Map Machine, however, the NGS sells value-added USGS data products at a bargain price! Designed for ease of use, the Topo! State series from the NGS integrates seamless USGS quads (1:24,000 or 7.5') into your GIS application or project.
With the TOPO! State Series users can accomplish the following can:
Seamlessly scroll across entire states and regions with five layers of map detail, including 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 scale topographic maps.
visualize elevations and create hillshade models
Search by county for places and placenames using the Place finder utility
Integrated GPS support for waypoint and route transfers - compatible with ArcPAd as well!
Generate and print photo-quality maps.
Customize maps with routes, symbols, notes, web links, and photos.
Create and view elevation profiles to visualize your next trek.
Add digital or scanned photos to your maps in the exact location they were taken.
Add your own notes and web links to the maps.
Scroll seamlessly across multiple State Series maps.
View ALL files in the mapXchange, including files created with TOPO! Sync.
optional PC to MArc conversion routine is available
much more
Sample map - a custom map with photos, weblinks, aned notes (Source: NGS)
The series is available in a number of flavors including: PC or MAC versions, Pocket PC (users can sync their handhelds with the Topo! series to enable mapping on a handheld device), and an ArcGIS extension called the Topo! Professional Suite for ArcGIS.
In a collaborative effort, NGS hosts the mapXchange where users can download free files for use with TOPO! State Series CD-ROMs, or post their own files so that others can use them - See http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/topo/search.cfm
The ArcGIS extension comes in at less than US $500 and individual States can be purchased for $99.95 each.. that's less than $100 for seamless State DRG bundles... nice!
You may be familiar with the monthly magazine and with the Map Machine, however, the NGS sells value-added USGS data products at a bargain price! Designed for ease of use, the Topo! State series from the NGS integrates seamless USGS quads (1:24,000 or 7.5') into your GIS application or project.
