On 7/10/2022 I posted to this list about an effort to create

a comprehensive index of all topographic maps published in

the USA.  I am still a long way from that goal.



I do have an index of 357,457 records.  Some statistics on

these records is listed below.  I suspect every library on

this list has maps not listed in this index.



Anyway, if anybody wants the records for their state, I

can supply a CSV file that can be opened by Excel.





Records per state:



AK - 17130

AL - 5680

AR - 5240

AS - 9

AZ - 11076

AZ NM - 6

AZ NV - 1

AZ NV CA - 1

CA - 23251

CA NV - 5

CO - 12399

CO KS - 3

CO KS OK - 2

CO UT - 4

CT - 1341

DC - 52

DE - 404

FL - 7539

FM - 19

GA - 5605

GU - 9

HI - 1000

IA - 5842

ID - 8616

ID MT - 4

ID OR - 2

ID WY - 2

IL - 6323

IN - 4581

KS - 8712

KY - 4878

LA - 6170

MA - 3108

MD - 2382

ME - 5323

MI - 7112

MN - 8676

MO - 7461

MO AR - 1

MO KS - 2

MP - 9

MS - 4458

MT - 14688

MT ID - 2

MT WY - 3

NC - 6022

ND - 6434

NE - 6733

NH - 1532

NJ - 1677

NM - 10521

NM TX - 2

NV - 9150

NV AZ - 1

NV CA - 7

NV ID - 1

NV UT - 4

NV UT ID - 1

NY - 9030

OH - 5751

OK - 6876

ON - 12

OR - 10156

PA - 8167

PR - 810

PW - 12

QC - 23

RI - 395

SC - 2956

SD - 6634

TN - 5707

TX - 22978

TX MX06 - 1

UT - 8778

UT AZ - 17

UT CO - 14

UT CO WY - 2

UT ID - 4

VA - 6617

VI - 57

VT - 1545

WA - 8905

WA OR - 2

WI - 7400

WV - 3469

WY - 9921

WY SD MT - 2



Records per map scale:



10000 - 77

12000 - 1

20000 - 474

21120 - 19

24000 - 294493

25000 - 9627

30000 - 276

31680 - 3944

48000 - 1120

50000 - 277

62500 - 28380

63360 - 7064

96000 - 43

100000 - 3016

125000 - 4445

126700 - 1

127000 - 1

192000 - 2

250000 - 4197





The header row across the top (columns):



Series

Version

Cell ID

Map Name

Primary State

Scale

Date On Map

Imprint Year

Woodland Tint

Visual Version Number

Photo Inspection Year

Photo Revision Year

Aerial Photo Year

Edit Year

Field Check Year

Survey Year

Datum

Projection

Advance

Preliminary

Provisional

Interim

Planimetric

Special Printing

Special Map

Shaded Relief

Orthophoto

Pub USGS

Pub Army Corps Eng

Pub Army Map

Pub Forest Serv

Pub Military Other

Pub Reclamation

Pub War Dept

Pub Bur Land Mgmt

Pub Natl Park Serv

Pub Indian Affairs

Pub EPA

Pub Tenn Valley Auth

Pub US Commerce

Keywords

Map Language

Scanner Resolution

Cell Name

Primary State Name

N Lat

W Long

S Lat

E Long

Link to HTMC Metadata

Download GeoPDF

View FGDC Metadata XML

View Thumbnail Image

Scan ID

GDA Item ID

Create Date

Byte Count

Grid Size

Download Product S3

View Thumbnail Image S3

NRN

NSN









Mike Flannigan

Houston, TX







On 12/13/23 23:26, Brendan Whyte wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> After years of procrastination, I have begun indexing our US 24k 

> series (very incomplete... we stopped collecting these when an 

> exchange programme with USGS ceased 20-30 years ago)

> I have made an overall US map showing which states have been properly 

> indexed to date, and attached this to our catalogue record 

> https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/6855508, along with coloured-in 

> indexes of each of the 19 smallest states.

>

> The plan is to work my way through the remaining 30 states in 2024.... 

> wish me luck!

>

> Please let me have any feedback on what I have done so far.

> (once you've opened the US index, click 'browse this collection' in 

> the breadcrumbs to see the individual state indexes)

>

> What have others done in the way of online indexes for the series?

> We have never even considered cataloguing the sheets 

> individually... but I guess we could have done individual records (and 

> indexes) for each state set, and linked them with an overall parent 

> series record similar to our existing record... but that's 

> nevertheless more work for the cataloguers.

>

> Compliments and criticism most welcome before I embark any deeper into 

> this project...

>

> Merry Christmas!

>

> Brendan Whyte

> National Library of Australia

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>