CalTopo map coverage for the contiguous (i.e. lower 48) United States is almost done. Given that the map layers are about to be refreshed, this seems like a good opportunity to write about what is currently available, and where the data comes from. First and foremost, USGS topo maps. CalTopo’s usgs layer is composed entirely […]
I’ve just added a contour line layer to CalTopo. Current coverage is California only, although it will be expanded to the western US during the next month or two. California provides its elevation data online; for the rest of the country, you actually have to mail a hard drive to the USGS. What is this, […]
A little bit of history . . . I decided to build CalTopo.com while standing in the Skeggs Point parking lot above Woodside, CA at 4AM in the summer of 2009. I’d just been headed to bed when the SAR pager went off for a missing hiker, so I sent a quick email to work […]
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