Wilderness Journal: Maps!
It's very difficult to find any source of topo maps on the web, mostly because they represent an incredible ammount of data. Here are a few that various people have scanned in. Some are local, most are located somewhere else. Please let me know if the links have moved.
These maps are for reference only. If you print them out and try to use them as substitutes for the real thing in the wilderness, you are a fool and don't deserve to be in the woods at all!
White Mountains
Elsewhere
Map Sources
Interactive Mapping sites
- Maps On Us! A very nice service with very detailed driving instructions. Only does US locations.
- Mapquest the whole world, at least at some level. Can be slow.
- Mapquest Topos, very nice!
- Yahoo! Maps much faster if you know the address. Only does US locations.
More interesting interactive sites
- ArcData OnlineFinally, a source of decent-quality online topographic maps!
- Terraserver, possibly the only good thing to come out of Micro$oft. Decent resolution B&W aerial and orbital photography. Good coverage of the US and parts of Europe.
- National Aerial Photography Program. Search for aerial and orbital images of the US. Somewhat squirrelly.
- Joshua Tree Landform Atlas Yes, it's at Talkcity which is annoying, but provides some topo landform images of JTNP in CA.
Map distributors