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December 24, 2018 β’ #Iβm working on a special side project right now, getting myself back into cartography a bit. The last time I did any serious cartography work was with TileMill, probably 4 or 5 years ago. This time Iβm trying my hand with QGIS to see what I can do.
For part of this project I wanted topographic maps, for both data and design inspiration. I was reminded of this excellent tool for browsing and downloading the archive of historical topo maps from the USGS. I have no idea why this isnβt the primary interface for the National Map, but Iβm glad it exists. It makes searching and downloading the data so much simpler.
Soon Iβll reveal some progress on this project.
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