{"id":131384,"date":"2016-08-28T18:31:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T00:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/topo-maps-for-all.html"},"modified":"2016-08-28T18:31:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T00:31:46","slug":"topo-maps-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/topo-maps-for-all.html","title":{"rendered":"Topo maps for all!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Geographic has provided access to printable (and standard print format) topo maps from the USGS.  Very cool.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Ben McFarland<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Oh <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109600806421917664383\" oid=\"109600806421917664383\">National Geographic<\/a><\/span> I love love love you so much.<\/p>\n<p>(You see this <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100445521601957994193\" oid=\"100445521601957994193\">Fantastic Maps<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105771712753508502148\" oid=\"105771712753508502148\">Greg C<\/a><\/span> ?)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/petapixel.com\/2016\/08\/06\/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Rt3LueoupWguuTD04p_2ylOq1KOg8NNmRiEtLT32npwSgU4BwnMqtpGcMy4-Im4esENtArs57FCZ7Q9XHqD7VE2U4ACeQtyyo-DCNv6Vsw=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/petapixel.com\/2016\/08\/06\/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps\/'>Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/9Ho2mPx49rc'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Geographic has provided access to printable (and standard print format) topo maps from the USGS. Very cool. Originally shared by +Ben McFarland: Oh +National Geographic I love love love you so much. (You see this +Fantastic Maps and +Greg C ?) Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps The folks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/topo-maps-for-all.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Topo maps for all!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127483,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/09\/national-geographic-revises-its-atlas-again-to-show-the-shrinking-arctic-ice.html","url_meta":{"origin":131384,"position":0},"title":"National Geographic revises its atlas &#8212; again &#8212; to show the shrinking Arctic ice","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 9-Aug-15 7:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Nothing to see here ... move along ... #climatechange Yes, Mr. President, We Remade Our Atlas to Reflect Shrinking Ice While discussing his new plan to combat global warming, the President referenced one of the most striking shifts in the history of National Geographic maps. 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