Unlimited USGS Topo Maps and Aerial Photos

How would you like to have unlimited online access to view, print, save, and customize as many USGS topography maps and high resolution air photos as you want for 48 United States for one full year. Now you can have all of that for only $19.95 - about the price of two printed topography maps or one air photo. (There are no shipping and handling fees - you will have access to the service immediately after your purchase is completed.)

This is a very economcial alternative to purchasing paper maps - or purchasing expensive mapping software.  Now, for just $19.95 per year, you can have complete access to an entire database of topography maps and air photos for the USA along with a powerful set of tools that you can use to mark-up your maps, estimate latitude / longitude, estimate areas and distances, save the maps you create in your own online database and much more.   

This online mapping service, known as "MapCard", has been honored with Backpacker Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for the "Best New Product of 2003."

Below is a screenshot showing MapCard's easy-to-use controls... just click a button to switch between Aerial photographs, topography maps and Land-Use Maps. Also, notice how one click can move your view between ten different zoom levels - you can set the scale from a regional view of 1:5,000,000 up to a backyard-snooping 1:6,000.

Once you get zoomed in on the area that you want - just press the "Print this Map" button and the map will be sent to your printer. You can also use other tools to save the map, email it to a friend or download it to your computer. The map below is what would be produced by pressing the "Print this Map" button at 1:12,000 scale for the area shown in the screenshot above - printed on 8.5" x 11" paper.

You can also print a matching aerial photo of the same location at the same scale. To do that just change the selection button from "Topo Map" to "Aerial Photo" and press the print button - that's all you need to do.

(Aerial photographs frequently show many important structures and features that are not shown on the USGS maps - and which could be very important to your navigation or work. All of MapCard's aerial photographs are from the USGS archive and were taken between 1990 and 2002 so in many instances they will be more recent than any USGS map. In my opinion, recent aerial photography, matched precisely to the maps, is the most important advantage that MapCard offers over the most popular mapping software. If you use USGS topographic maps without recent aerial photographs you are in the field with only 1/2 of the tools - think about how many times you have looked at your map and wished for more information - photographs show vegetation, fence lines, roads, trails, structures and terrain features that do not appear on any map. Compare the map and photo above and you will see that the information difference is huge. In most areas aerial photographs will instantly improve your ability to navigate.)

MapCard is a great tool for hunting, hiking, fishing and other outdoor sports but don't limit your use to the forest and lake. You can also use it to obtain and share photographs of real estate, favorite places, your family's farm or your hometown. Here's a photo looking right down into Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh - home of the Pirates and Steelers.

Surprise your uncle by emailing him an aerial photo of his farm. Print your brother a map/photo pair of his favorite hunting area. Email your camping partners a map showing where you will meet next weekend.

I have used all of the most popular topographic software for fieldwork and fun and here are the most important advantages that I find in MapCard...

1) aerial photographs matched precisely to the maps

2) costs less than any software and you get all upgrades instantly

3) extremely easy to use - almost like there is nothing to learn

4) the best map printing tool - even puts a scale bar on the maps

5) very easy to share maps with friends by email

6) you can easily save your custom maps for future use

TERMS OF SALE: You will have immediate access to the service as soon as your purchase is completed. There are no postage and handling fees to pay on this transaction. Only $19.95 for all of the maps and aerial photographs that you want for one full year. Purchase your MapCard today!

Mapcard is Intended for use with Windows Computers
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