The most complete digital topographic ever made of the Earth was released by NASA today (Oct. 17). The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was created from images collected by the Japanese ...

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When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...

Topographical map of the world, with higher mountain ranges in dark brown and lower areas in green. The Northern Hemisphere has more land mass and higher mountains than the Southern Hemisphere, which ...

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A new geographic information systems (GIS)-ready topographic-map-style template is now available from the USGS National Geospatial Program. The Topo TNM Style Template can be readily used with the ...

The science team that oversees the imaging system onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the Moon ever created. This new ...

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, ...