Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Those giant maps gathering dust in the corner of your favorite outdoor store have finally been brought into the 21st century. National Geographic‘s new service, launched last week on their Maps site, ...

A map of Chicago, Illinois, imprinted in 1913 from the United States Geographical Survey’s historical topographic map collection. Image courtesy of the USGS Map lovers, rejoice! The United States ...

OFFICIAL large-scale maps are available for comparatively few parts of the world outside western and central Europe, including the British Isles, the eastern United States, India, much of Burma, ...

In particular, topographic and ALTA surveys can require up to a few thousand points to be shot, not to mention dozens of codes. Further complicating the matter is the break in workflow from surveyor ...