{"id":40,"date":"2016-08-17T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/?p=40"},"modified":"2016-08-13T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T13:10:10","slug":"usgs-topographic-maps-from-national-geographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/usgs-topographic-maps-from-national-geographic\/","title":{"rendered":"USGS topographic maps from National Geographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-13-at-9.00.40-AM-236x300.png\" alt=\"Coventry, CT - USGS 7.5 minute quad\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-13-at-9.00.40-AM-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-13-at-9.00.40-AM-768x975.png 768w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-13-at-9.00.40-AM-806x1024.png 806w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-13-at-9.00.40-AM.png 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/> National Geographic has made available nearly all of the topographic quadrangle maps from the US Geological Survey as PDF download.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They are pre-packaged using the standard 7.5 minute, 1:24,000 base but with some twists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Page 1 is an overview map showing the Quad in context<\/li>\n<li>Pages 2 through 5 are the standard USGS Quads cut in quarters to fit on standard printers<\/li>\n<li>Hillshading has been added to each page of the PDF to help visualize the topography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I use regularly use a GPS when I&#8217;m in unfamiliar territory, but it is even better to have a topographic map to refer to. I&#8217;m delighted to have found this resource.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeomaps.com\/trail-maps\/pdf-quads\">Printable USGS PDF Quads<\/a> from National Geographic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Geographic has made available nearly all of the topographic quadrangle maps from the US Geological Survey as PDF download. They are pre-packaged using the standard 7.5 minute, 1:24,000 base&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/usgs-topographic-maps-from-national-geographic\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}