Ransom paid - USGS maps are liberated!

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Aug 29 2006 10:10 pm

Check it OUT!

http://ransom.redjar.org/original_page.html

http://ransom.redjar.org/

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Aug 30 2006 5:48 am

OK so this is all marvelous and groovy, but how the heck does one gain access to these maps? I didn't notice a link.

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Aug 30 2006 6:31 am

azbackpackr wrote:OK so this is all marvelous and groovy, but how the heck does one gain access to these maps? I didn't notice a link.

The maps were liberated on the 28th, two days ago.

From within the second link......."If you want to download the maps, keep an eye on this page. I'll keep you updated with the progress and when they'll be ready for you to download. It is going to take some time to get all 56,000 maps to the Internet Archive."

Davis2001r6 · Post by **Davis2001r6** » Aug 30 2006 9:39 pm

In response to hikeaz's reply:

Thats pretty awesome, I'll keep an eye out on it. Got a couple of quads I would like to look at.

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Sep 13 2006 7:29 am

In response to davis2001r6's reply:

UPDATE

09/05/2006 - The hard drive full of maps arrived at the Internet Archive today. The maps have already been transferred to a temporary staging server. The hope is to make them available for download with a very minimal web front-end as soon as possible. For those of you who are chomping at the bit to download maps, this quick solution will be for you.

The next step will be to make it easier for people to find and download specific maps. The Internet Archive is going to work on a simple interface which will integrate with the rest of their collections. Stay tuned.

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Sep 13 2006 7:37 am

davis2001r6 wrote:In response to hikeaz's reply:
. . . Got a couple of quads I would like to look at.

If you use the Dynamic Topo feature on the HAZ hike nearest the area you are interested in you can zoom in and out and pan around and see a lot of the topo. Or you can go directly to Google Earth and look at the topo.

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Oct 27 2006 3:00 pm

They are making progress, but still not quite fully functional.

10/21/2006 - The maps are starting to become available on the Internet Archive. They are still working through some technical difficulties and not all data is available, but progress is being made. Here is the main page for the DRG collection. Keep in mind that this is not truly ready for public consumption. But for those of you chomping at the bit, it is a start.

Note: We are currently having technical difficulties which make it impossible to access the maps through our standard interface. In the meantime, you may access the maps by state by clicking here: http://items-uploads.archive.org/0/maps/

http://items-uploads.archive.org/0/maps ... rg_az.html

My problem is that the biggest printer I have access to is 11x17.

TerrySwicegood · Post by **TerrySwicegood** » Oct 28 2006 8:11 am

In response to al1inaz's reply:

I found the web site but couldn't quite understand how to get the maps downloaded. I'm probably internet challenged, but have this question: Can you actually download topo maps from this site, or is this a later & possible development.

Email me or post reply here:

terryswicegood@msn.com

Terry Swicegood

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Oct 28 2006 5:57 pm

TerrySwicegood wrote:In response to al1inaz's reply:
Can you actually download topo maps from this site, or is this a later & possible development.

You can actually download & print maps. I took three with me today.
Go to the website http://items-uploads.archive.org/0/maps ... rg_az.html

Find the map you want and click on it.
Go to the bottom of the page. I chose the multi-page processed TIFF. Click on the blue reference. It may take a while.

I can only print to 11x17. For today this worked ok.

To print a full topo costs $30 at Kinkos. I will buy it at the AZ State Land Dept for $5 (for the USGS map) or Wide World of Maps $10 (for the water resistant National Geographic USGS map) before I pay that to Kinko's, but to each their own.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Oct 29 2006 6:16 am

Ok, so I already have all of AZ on CDs, how do I get New Mexico?

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Oct 29 2006 8:33 am

azbackpackr wrote:Ok, so I already have all of AZ on CDs, how do I get New Mexico?

http://items-uploads.archive.org/0/maps ... rg_nm.html

They take a while to download, so you will probably only want to download only the topos that you need.

mikedsmith · Post by **mikedsmith** » Jan 16 2007 2:22 am

In response to al1inaz's reply:

Any chance of someone clever posting a grid so we can see 'at a glance' which maps relate to the Supes?

I'd personally find that really useful.

Thanks, Mike.

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Jan 16 2007 6:22 am

mike.d.smith wrote:In response to al1inaz's reply:

Any chance of someone clever posting a grid so we can see 'at a glance' which maps relate to the Supes?

I'd personally find that really useful.

Thanks, Mike.

Click on "MesaE" within the link below, the topos are listed there.
http://www.land.state.az.us/maps/index_usgs.htm

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Jan 16 2007 2:30 pm

mike.d.smith wrote:In response to al1inaz's reply: Any chance of someone clever posting a grid so we can see 'at a glance' which maps relate to the Supes?

If your interest is the Supes, you can do better. Go to the Superstition SAR site maps at http://superstition-sar.org/maps.htm

This gives you the maps and Superstition SAR has marked all the trails, even trails that won't show on the USGS maps.

That AZ State Land Dept link is great. I imported it into MS Excel so I have a grid of all AZ maps in a MS Excel database format. PM me if you want it. If enough people want it, I'll print it in pdf & get it to HAZ. I like it in excel because I use it as a database to keep track of which maps I have.

djui5 · Post by **djui5** » Jan 16 2007 3:16 pm

al1inaz wrote: If your interest is the Supes, you can do better. Go to the Superstition SAR site maps at http://superstition-sar.org/maps.htm

Love these maps and use them a lot. Would like to mention that the trails are great, but the topo portion isn't very detailed and the terrain is a lot worse than it can look on these maps. With that in mind, they're a great reference.

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » Jan 16 2007 5:44 pm

mike.d.smith wrote:In response to al1inaz's reply: Any chance of someone clever posting a grid so we can see 'at a glance' which maps relate to the Supes?

Ask & ye shall receive. It appears that the Pima County DOT has rasterized AZ & posted it online. It is almost too much to deal with. But you can choose layers and then zero in on whatever you want.

Here are the grids.
Linik

When you move your cursor over a grid a text box pops up to give you the name.