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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
Date:   Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:15:06 -0500
From:   Robert Menk <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



If they just need to be able to look up quad names, etc. I've often used
this site:
http://catalog.maplink.com/usgs/USMap.html
which looks just like the paper and is extremely simple to use - just
click on a state to zoom in, etc.

They also have versions searchable by coordinates here:
http://catalog.maplink.com/scripts/cgi-bin/cgiip.exe/partcatT3.r
and by quad name here:
http://catalog.maplink.com/scripts/cgi-bin/cgiip.exe/catalogT2.r

Hope that's of some use.

Bobb Menk
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Library


Maps-L wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
> Date:   Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:33:23 -0500
> From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
>
>
> All,
>
> I'm involved with assisting some folks at a small college here in
> Pennsylvania towards organizing a geology-based map collection and
> visited the site late last week. One thought that came out of
> discussions was wondering if the paper map indexes that go with the
> various USGS standard map series -- 7.5 minute, 1:125s, 1:250s, etc.
> are now freely available online? Well, when I got back to work last
> Friday I did some digging at the USGS website and a couple of other
> places that I thought might have links to such an animal but after
> about 20 minutes did not turn up anything. I am relatively certain
> that the map indexes have been scanned and mounted somewhere and said
> so to my colleagues at the college.
>
> Since I didn't find 'em myself, now I'm turning to the experts here
> on MAPS-L to answer the question "are the USGS map indexes available
> online, and if so where can I find them?" Thanks in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paige
>