As many SAR teams are using online and remote trainings to maintain physical distancing, CalTopo is offering a free, 2-hour SARTopo webinar training. This training is designed to help search and rescue personnel get started using SARtopo to create effective maps for planning and executing missions. Specifically the training will cover the following items: 1. […]
When disaster strikes, we at CalTopo are used to being able to take action – directly through SAR, indirectly by providing mapping support to incidents, or by supplying public information on rapidly evolving events like fires. So it’s an odd feeling to be facing a major emergency, and know that the best thing we can […]
We’ve made a few changes to map layers including a major new addition! We’ve added a parcel overlay for the US. This data set contains property boundaries and addresses (left image) for a majority of the US, and ownership information (right image) for many of those properties as well. This new overlay is live now […]
Update 2/28: We’re thrilled by all the interest in the position. We are moving forward with an awesome group of candidates and aren’t going to be accepting more applications at this point! Thanks for all the interest and support! It’s come time for CalTopo to grow once again! We are hiring a Training and Customer […]
CalTopo first launched the slope angle shading layer 7 years ago. Since then it has become a mainstay tool for backcountry trip planning. Today we’re updating the layer to incorporate high-resolution LIDAR data from the USGS’s 3DEP program. Where available (see coverage map), this provides significantly higher resolution, even allowing you to identify trails […]
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