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 ...

The thought has often occurred to me, “How many readers are acquainted with the splendid coverage of Pennsylvania by topographic maps?” As a matter of interest, how many of them are familiar with a ...

In the second half of the 20th century, the foundation of the U.S. Geological Survey’s national map series was the handcrafted 7.5-minute topographic map. Times change, budgets get squeezed and ...

ABSTRACT In this study a temporal statistical downscaling scheme of rainfall is calibrated using observations from 2007 to 2010 at eight sites located along a 14-kmtopographic transect of 784min ...