USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF. The USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) is scanning all scales and all editions of topographic maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since the inception of the topographic mapping program in 1884.

The ArcGIS Online US Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map collection now contains over 177,000 historical quadrangle maps dating from 1882 to 2006. The USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer app brings these maps to life through an interface that guides users through the steps for exploring the map collection:Find a location of interest.View the maps.Compare the maps.Download and share the maps or open them in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap) where places will appear in their correct geographic location. Save the maps in an ArcGIS Online web map.

Finding the maps of interest is simple. Users can see a footprint of the map in the map view before they decide to add it to the display, and thumbnails of the maps are shown in pop-ups on the timeline. The timeline also helps users find maps because they can zoom and pan, and maps at select scales can be turned on or off by using the legend boxes to the left of the timeline. Once maps have been added to the display, users can reorder them by dragging them. Users can also download maps as zipped GeoTIFF images. Users can also share the current state of the app through a hyperlink or social media. This ArcWatch article guides you through each of these steps: https://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/1014/envisioning-the-past.Once signed in, users can create a web map with the current map view and any maps they have selected. The web map will open in ArcGIS Online. The title of the web map will be the same as the top map on the side panel of the app. All historical maps that were selected in the app will appear in the Contents section of the web map with the earliest at the top and the latest at the bottom. Turning the historical maps on and off or setting the transparency on the layers allows users to compare the historical maps over time. Also, the web map can be opened in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap) and used for exploration or data capture.Users can find out more about the USGS topograhic map collection and the app by clicking on the information button at the upper right. This opens a pop-up with information about the maps and app. The pop-up includes a useful link to a USGS web page that provides access to documents with keys explaining the symbols on historic and current USGS topographic maps. The pop-up also has a link to send Esri questions or comments about the map collection or the app.We have shared the updated app on GitHub, so users can download it and configure it to work with their own map collections.

The ArcGIS Online USGS Topographic Maps image service contains over 181,000 historical topographic quadrangle maps (quads) dating from 1879 to 2006. These maps are part of the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) which includes all the historical quads that had been printed since the USGS topographic mapping program was initiated in 1879. Previously available only as printed lithographic copies, the historical maps were scanned “as is” to create high-resolution images that capture the content and condition of each map sheet. All maps were georeferenced, and map metadata was captured as part of the process.

For the Esri collection, the scanned maps were published as this ArcGIS Online image service which can be viewed on the web and allows users to download individual scanned images. Esri’s collection contains historical quads (excluding orthophotos) dating from 1879 to 2006 with scales ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:250,000. The scanned maps can be used in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise. They can also be downloaded as georeferenced TIFs for use in these and other applications.

We make it easy for you to explore and download these maps, or quickly create an ArcGIS Online map, using our Historical Topo Map Explorer app. The app provides a visual interface to search and explore the historical maps by geographic extent, publication year, and map scale. And you can overlay the historical maps on a satellite image or 3D hillshade and add labels for current geographic features.

Collection of digitised topographic maps over Queensland at various scales 1886-2012, which show graphic representations of features including relief, hydrography, vegetation, and cultural. The quality of scans varies. A number of the map series include key maps.

The original Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) is a raster image of a scanned U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map including the collar information, georeferenced to the UTM grid. This collection includes 77, 1:100:000-scale maps. The collar information has been suppressed to enable a seamless statewide image. The collar information may be accessed by downloading an original source image. The date of the scanned map from the original source metadata is included as a footprint attribute. Check the information on the original source images for a possible revision date. Map dates range from 1964-1994.The data in this service is sourced from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

This digital terrain model represents historical elevations along the valley of the North Fork Toutle River upstream of its confluence with the Green River in Cowlitz and Skamania Counties, Washington. Most elevations were derived from U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500 scale topographic quadrangle maps published from 1953 to 1958 that were derived from aerial photographs taken in 1951 and 1952. Elevations representing the bed of Spirit Lake, at the head of the valley, were derived from a bathymetric map based on survey data from 1974. Elevations are in units of meters and have been adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

A subset of NationalMap consisting of a combination of historic sites, monuments, and fortification extracted from the LINZ web portal.

The Topographic historic layer consists of the places where there has been historic activity, where there is a historic object, or the structures erected as a memorial can be found in this layer. Also contained are a combination of European fortifications and Maori defensive earthworks extracted from the LINZ web portal. The fortification data consists of: - Redoubt points: European fortification of the New Zealand Wars- Pa points: Defensive earthworks constructed by Maori at any time between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries which were still visible as a topographical object at the time the first edition of the map was published.

This layer is a component of the Topo50 map series. The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland, Chatham and New Zealand's offshore islands, at 1:50,000 scale. Further information on Topo50: http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/topo-maps/topo50

Spatial coverage index compiled by East View Geospatial of set "Taiwan 1:50,000 Scale Topographic Maps (Historical)". Source data from NCP (publisher). Type: Topographic. Scale: 1:50,000. Region: Asia.

The scale series of topographic maps 1:25 000 (TK25AS) edition of the state replaced the measuring table sheets from 1964 and was subject to secrecy in the former GDR.

This topographic map index is a finding aid for Ontario sheets of the 1:63,360 series of Historical Topographic Maps of Canada. This series was produced between 1906 and 1953, and includes nearly 500 individual topographic map sheets for the Province of Ontario. Maps cover mostly populated and border regions, and show both natural and man-made features such as relief, spot heights, administrative boundaries, roads, railways, trails, waterways, bridges, buildings, mills, power lines, terrain, and land formations.

Once this index is added to the map, clicking on the index tiles will indicate the topographic map coverage. This allows early topographic maps to be found based on regions of interest. When a tile is selected, this search box will populate with all relevant maps that include coverage of the selected area, in chronological order. Maps can then be viewed on the map sheet, downloaded, or explained in greater detail.

Content advisory: The topographic maps on this site are historical documents that reflect the time and environment in which they were created. Some maps may contain place names and other terms that may be racist, offensive, or derogatory. Many of these place names have been officially rescinded in the years since the creation of the maps, and the Geographic Names Board of Canada, along with provincial naming authorities, continue the ongoing work of removing offensive place names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB). For historical and research purposes, we offer access to these maps in their complete original and unchanged form with the intention of representing Canada’s history of racial and colonial discrimination, and the ensuing legacy of this harm. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact us at topomaps@scholarsportal.info.

The original Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) is a raster image of a scanned U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map including the collar information, georeferenced to the UTM grid. This collection includes 24 1:250,000-scale maps. The collar information has been suppressed to enable a seamless statewide image. The collar information may be accessed by downloading an original source image. The date of the scanned map from the original source metadata is included as a footprint attribute. Check the information on the original source images for a possible revision date. Map dates range from 1961-1982.The data in this service is sourced from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Spatial coverage index compiled by East View Geospatial of set "Germany 1:25,000 Scale Historical Topographic Maps". Source data from BKG (publisher). Type: Topographic. Scale: 1:25,000. Region: Europe.

USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer

This tile service is derived from a digital raster graphic of the historical 15-minute USGS topographic quadrangle maps of coastal towns in Massachusetts. These quadrangles were mosaicked together to create a single data layer of the coast of Massachusetts and a large portion of the southeastern area of the state.The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) obtained the map images from the Harvard Map Collection. The maps were produced in the late 1890s and early 20th century at a scale of 1:62,500 or 1:63,360 and are commonly known as 15-minute quadrangle maps because each map covers a four-sided area of 15 minutes of latitude and 15 minutes of longitude.

The Historical Topographic Map Sheets 1:25 000 (TK25) present the contents of the topographic maps in a scale of 1:25 000 from the years 1875 to 2012. For each sheet there are several editions from the different years of production. In the Varianate “only map image” the individual hands are in a georeferenced variant in which the map frame has been removed. This variant is particularly suitable for the direct mounting of several card sheets. The map work is available nationwide for the state of Baden-Württemberg.

The oldest sheets of the Historical Topographic Map 1: 25 000 (HTK25) are created for today’s Lower Saxony region in 1878 and are created and edited by the Prussian State Reception, Berlin. For the processing room, the maps are available in 1912. In 1921, the Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, Berlin, succeeded the Prussian state reception. In 1938, the HTK25 came under the responsibility of the Hauptvermessungsabteilung VII. Production and publication took over in 1948 by the Lower Saxony State Survey Office, in 1958 the Lower Saxony State Administration Office — Land Surveying and 1997 the Land Survey and Geobase Information Lower Saxony (since 01.01. 2011 Division 4 of LGLN). The map sheets show the object types settlements, supply and disposal, traffic, vegetation, waters, relief and borders. The objects and their symbols are shown in the sample sheets of the topographic map 1: 25,000 predetermined. The usually monochrome leaves become three-coloured at the end of the 1960s (ground plan black, waters blue, height lines brown). From 1979 onwards, there will be a 4. Color (forest cover green). The originally manually created map graphics, beginning in 2000, will be replaced by a new digitally derived map graphics. This is in the ATKIS® signature catalogue of the Digital Topographic Map 1: 25 000 (DTK25). The object types can be found in the object type catalog of the DTK25. The map content is made from the ATKIS® base DLM, the ATKIS®-DGM and the Property data derived from ALKIS®. In addition to the geographical coordinates, the Gauss-Krüger coordinate system is introduced in the editions of the HTK25 in 1923. With the ATKIS® outputs (from 2000 onwards), the UTM coordinate grid is added. Between 1945 and 1990, the HTK25, including the eastern border sheets, comprises a number of 425 sheets. With the emergence of ATKIS® editions, there are still 408. An end-to-end number designation of the card sheets, consisting of four digits and an identical sheet cut of all editions, facilitates comparative work within the HTK25. The most recent editions of the HTK25 are from 2008. The sheets of the HTK25 are offered as a dataset or as a plot from the database in up to 15 editions. Records with old map graphics were created by scanning the analog sheets (300 dpi). Those with new map graphics are mainly derived from the print files (500 dpi)

The R502 series of maps has been replaced by the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). The R502 series consists of 542 map sheets and covers Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. It was compiled from …Show full descriptionThe R502 series of maps has been replaced by the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). The R502 series consists of 542 map sheets and covers Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. It was compiled from aerial photography, but only about one quarter of the series was contoured. The standard sheet size is 1 degree of latitude by 1.5 degrees of longitude. Transverse Mercator map projection and Clark 1858 datum were used. Coverage of the country was completed in 1968.

Spatial coverage index compiled by East View Geospatial of set "Colombia 1:100,000 Scale Topographic Maps (Historical Series)". Source data from IGAC (publisher). Type: Topographic. Scale: 1:100,000. Region: South America.

Spatial coverage index compiled by East View Geospatial of set "Lebanon 1:20,000 Scale Topographic Maps (Historical)". Source data from DAG (publisher). Type: Topographic. Scale: 1:20,000. Region: Middle East.