TopoView highlights one of the USGS's most important and useful products, the topographic map. In 1879, the USGS began to map the Nation's topography. This mapping was done at different levels of detail, in order to support various land use and other purposes. As the years passed, the USGS produced new map versions of each area. The most current map of each area is available from The National Map. TopoView shows the many and varied older maps of each area, and so is especially useful for historical purposes—for example, the names of some natural and cultural features have changed over time, and the historical names can be found on many of these topographic maps. This interface was created by the National Geologic Map Database project (NGMDB), in support of the topographic mapping program, managed by the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP). Geologic and topographic mapping have a long tradition together (see 1888 report). The NGMDB project is proud to assist the NGP in bringing these maps to the Web.

Chris Garrity

Chris leads a variety of GIScience themed projects throughout the U.S. Geological Survey. Chris served as the topoView development lead. Rob Wardwell

Rob is a developer for the National Geologic Map Database project. Over the last decade, he's been focused on improving the accessibility of geologic map data to the public. Dave Soller

Dave is Chief of the National Geologic Map Database project, and serves to help define the focus of topoView.