Going for a hike this fall? The U.S. Geological Survey has free maps that might come in handy. The public topoBuilder app is now offering custom maps made free with their 25K Recreational Topo layer.

Beginning in the 1940s, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Mapping Program was tasked with the immense cartographical feat of surveying the entire country to create a series of more than 50,000 ...

This month the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) rolled out topoView 2.1, a modern web application built on an open source mapping platform that lets users discover, interact, and download historical USGS ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...

Mappt Elements, a free data collection and mapping iOS application, has just released a feature that enables GeoPDFs to be added to a fully interactive map and already comes with a huge range of ...

Now you've got one less excuse not to venture into the wilderness. National Geographic just launched a website that lets you find and print a PDF of any U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quad map across ...

After years of trying to make paper maps work on computers, the U.S. Geological Survey wants digital maps to work like paper ones. “We’re trying to make the maps look and feel like the old topo maps ...

Beginning in the 1940s, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Mapping Program was tasked with the immense cartographical feat of surveying the entire country to create a series of more than 50,000 ...