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	<title>Free Geography Tools &#187; topographic maps</title>
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		<title>TopOSM &#8211; An Open Street Map Based Topographic Map</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/toposm-an-open-street-map-based-topographic-map</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been checking in on Lars Ahlzen’s TopOSM site occasionally for a while now; he’s had a web-based map server with really nice Open-Street-Map-based topographic maps for Massachusetts and Colorado for a while now, but there hadn’t been any new additions for a while. Via the Mapperz blog, I see that there’s been a major [...]


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		<title>Topographic Maps For The US And Canada In A Google Maps Interface</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/topographic-maps-for-the-us-and-canada-in-a-google-maps-interface</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Elfelt writes to announce his Gmap4 website, which displays the MyTopo version of USGS topographic maps (down to 1:24K scale) and Canadian topo maps (to 1:50K) in a Google Maps interface; standard Google Maps layers are available as well. The initial map window view is pretty small; for a better view, select &#8220;Full Screen&#8221; [...]


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		<title>Map Folding</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/map-folding</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[topographic maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you still do old-school navigation with map and compass, the US Army’s Field Manual on Map Reading And Navigation is an excellent resource. You can buy a copy if you like, but there’s an HTML version here, Google Books has it available in poor quality scanned form here, and you can view/download a PDF [...]


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		<title>A Look At The New USGS Quad Format</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/a-look-at-the-new-usgs-quad-format</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/a-look-at-the-new-usgs-quad-format#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via the All Directions Blog comes word that the first “beta” versions of the new digital USGS 7.5-minute quad maps are now available at the USGS Map Store; click on the yellow button that says “Show DigMaps-Beta” to display their positions in the Google Maps interface. Before you get too excited, you should note:

Only maps [...]


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		<title>Topographic Maps Of North Korea</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/topographic-maps-of-north-korea</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[topographic maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Planning a dream vacation in the worker’s paradise, the Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea (aka North Korea)?  Don’t look for help from Google Maps – this is what you’ll see:

But the GPS File Depot has just put up a zip file containing Soviet Army topographic maps covering much of that mysterious nation. I call it [...]


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		<title>Solid 3D Landscape Models From LandPrint</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/solid-3d-landscape-models-from-landprint</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/solid-3d-landscape-models-from-landprint#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[topographic maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a departure from the usual posts, since this service is definitely not free. I just purchased a solid 3D landscape model from LandPrint.com and thought I’d review the creation process and the results, offer my opinion, and give some tips for getting the best results if you order your own.
LandPrint lets you [...]


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		<title>USGS Topographic Map Overlays For Google Earth</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/usgs-topographic-map-overlays-for-google-earth</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/usgs-topographic-map-overlays-for-google-earth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at the Google Earth Library site, Matt has started a project to convert USGS topographic maps (1:250K, 1:100K and 1:24K scales) into Google Earth overlays.. These are “super” overlays, where views from higher elevations are at lower resolutions, while closer views load in high-resolution imagery; this speeds up display times significantly. Arizona and Nevada [...]


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		<title>Garmin Topo Maps For Afghanistan, Baghdad</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/garmin-topo-maps-for-afghanistan-baghdad</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garmin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[topographic maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just noticed on the GPSFileDepot site that they’ve started posting 20-ft.-contour topographic maps for Afghanistan for Garmin GPS units, created by Steakhouse Studio. Here’s a MapSource screenshot of the Kandahar area:

Twenty-five topo maps are currently available, covering one-by-one or one-by-two degree quadrangles; by my best estimate, this covers roughly a half of Aghanistan’s territory, but [...]


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		<title>Make Your Own Topo Maps For A Garmin GPS Unit</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/make-your-own-topo-maps-for-a-garmin-gps-unit</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the good news is that Garmin is finally starting to offer 1:24K scale US topographic maps for some of their GPS units. While they&#8217;ve had these maps for US National Parks in the East, Central and West for quite a while, they&#8217;re now issuing them for the US as a whole. These are different [...]


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		<title>AZ Garmin Topo Maps And More From The GPS File Depot</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/az-garmin-topo-maps-and-more-from-the-gps-file-depot</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Bloomberg wrote to tell me of his new website, the GPS File Depot. Some useful stuff for GPS users, especially Garmin owners:

This has been generally reported, but I&#8217;ll throw it in: 1:24K-equivalent Garmin topographic maps for all of Arizona (with all the bugs fixed). Looks like the process has been automated (at least partially), [...]


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