Category Archives: DRG

Governor Schwarzenegger and team roll out CalAtlas Geospatial Clearinghouse

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Glenn

A new spatial clearinghouse at CalAtlas was rolled out today by “The Governator”… The innovative approach to technology, called Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse will allow the general public to access maps, data and information that has not previously been accessible on … Continue reading →

Posted in California, DEM, DOQ, DRG, free data |

National Geographic Topos

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Glenn

National Geographic is promoting a sale on NGS Topos… recall these data (sold by the State) enable users to quickly import topos, DEMs, hillshades, into your ArcGIS project where you can then create output to share with others via ArcGIS … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG |

ACME labs mashup with Google maps, USGS DRGs, DOQs, and more

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Glenn

Got a tip off (thanks Jim!) about a clever mashup from ACME labs.. I think I actually saw this a while back but its cool to revisit! According to the developers, ACME Mapper 2.0 is a high-precision general purpose mapping … Continue reading →

Posted in DOQ, DRG |

Topo maps for use in Google eArth

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Glenn

The following links provide topographic map overlays for several countries <!– Australian topographic series –> Canadian topographic series and Canadian Geographic Names United States topographic map series and aerial photographs New Zealand topographic series US Topo maps (source of KML … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG, kml |

ACME labs mashup with Google maps, USGS DRGs, DOQs, and more

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Glenn

Got a tip off (thanks Jim!) about a clever mashup from ACME labs.. I think I actually saw this a while back but its cool to revisit! According to the developers, ACME Mapper 2.0 is a high-precision general purpose mapping … Continue reading →

Posted in DOQ, DRG |

ACME labs mashup with Google maps, USGS DRGs, DOQs, and more

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Glenn

Got a tip off (thanks Jim!) about a clever mashup from ACME labs.. I think I actually saw this a while back but its cool to revisit! According to the developers, ACME Mapper 2.0 is a high-precision general purpose mapping … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG, google maps, mashup |

Best price guarantee on Free GIS Data… LOL

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Glenn

Sometimes I need to just sit back and laugh, particularly when i see statements like this one from “data repositories” (aka. data whores) who re-sell free data… State Data Bundles including DRG, DEM, NWI, DLG, & DOQ bundles quickly and … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG |

Free USGS DRG data downloads from Libre and the Internet archive… download away!

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Glenn

Remember the USGS DRG map ransom project that “freed” the data, making these data freely available for public download? Well, its been some time and it seems that the data are indeed freely available for all. I surfed around a … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG, free data |

Free USGS DRG data downloads from Libre and the Internet archive… download away!

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Glenn

Remember the USGS DRG map ransom project that “freed” the data, making these data freely available for public download? Well, its been some time and it seems that the data are indeed freely available for all. I surfed around a … Continue reading →

Posted in DRG |

Florida Geographic Data Library – FTP downloads and more

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Glenn

Looking for Florida GIS data? No qworries… this awesome resource provides FTP access to pretty much any data layers you can thionk of.. including DRG, DEM, DOQs, and much more! County Data Layers. (including Shapefiles, Aerial Photos, DRGs, DOQQ 3-meters) … Continue reading →

Posted in DEM, DOQ, DRG, Florida |

USGS Seamless data server

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Glenn

In a recent reminder from sommeone at the USGS, I have to admit that I have neglected to promote this fabulous data resource. Most users know about it (or should know about it), therefore, as a result it sometimes gets … Continue reading →

Posted in DEM, DOQ, DRG, usgs |

Montana Geographic Information Clearinghouse

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Glenn

Gerry from the Montana State Library provided us with an update about this fabulous free data resource for the State of Montana. Downloadable datasets include soils data, DEMs, topos, aerial photography, cadastral data and more. Features of the site include … Continue reading →

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