Downloading High-Resolution Topographic Maps for Free

[@geodeltalabs]

If you have having trouble downloading the "World - Google Earth Map Index [KMZ]" file from UT website, you can get it from this link - drive.google.com/drive/folders/185gZOlk-ijSUwKIPV_6D8UkhOXSh0bLE?usp=sharing

[@ottisthedog3544]

Great to see what your doing here! what a great resource! i been hiking "cross country" for many years (back when you had to order your Topo maps right from USGS). when online USGS went up i was thrilled then Pro hit google maps and wow. i always kept 2 windows open jumping back and forth connecting the 2 with GPS points. good to see Texas Libraries combine the two.

[@cyber5515]

That's fantastic. Downloading these maps in advance is a great backup plan (plan B) to avoid getting lost when there is no mobile signal (e.g. in the wilderness). Just use your mobile phone (or other GPS device) to get your GPS position and then you can pinpoint exactly where you are on the map. If you break your phone then there is always Plan C - landmarks and dead reckoning.

[@caroleinwv]

Thank you. Your videos are so helpful in my thesis investigation!

[@geodeltalabs]

Thank you

[@stuartdavis798]

Thanks for video. As a former AF navigator I'm always interested in maps (or charts). The U of T site is great.

[@staceyward777]

Your name sounds familiar....you weren't on BUFFs at Blytheville or Minot were you?

[@stuartdavis798]

@ no, tankers at Loring and Griffiss.

[@davidenglund]

I'm sure I'll find this valuable, so thanks much! I did get a link for my local area in Minnesota and the map returned was from 1953! Two years before I was born! LoL I'm not sure how much value is in a map that old, although it is of historical interest to note what has changed. ;-)

[@donloughrey1615]

Wow . This is awesome. It works great. Thank you!!

[@geodeltalabs]

Glad it helped!

[@MikeOrazzi]

Cool, thanks for the info.

[@nopriors]

I can see the grid but not the icons to right click on?

[@DinsDale-tx4br]

4:15 ..In the UK the first link wouldn't work but the direct one did! Upon opening and clicking the World as shown there were no maps ...but .... expand it further and select 'grid' and bobs' your uncle it works :-) Oh? ... and click the icons box as well :-) Hilarious that it doesn't cover The UK :-)

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

Fantastic. Thanks so much.

[@Abednego-v2r]

Once you have downloaded a bunch of map files, does Google Earth pro organize your files for offline viewing? It's not, do you know any good software for this?

[@davidjaye710]

how do you open this in ubuntu?

[@UnknownUser-pf9rk]

Awsome! Are there also maps with a scale of 1:25.000 for land navigation?

[@abrogard142]

anyone know how to get these maps into sasplanet?

[@kdub6593]

Incredible resource.

[@Zuhundert]

Thank you, kind person!

[@doctorlighthouse]

Thanks, nice to see how the area where I live looked like in 1954 ;-)

[@Md.Assaduzzaman-j6d]

World - Google Earth Map Index [KMZ] This file isn't dowloading. I have tried different browsers.

[@geodeltalabs]

I have included a google drive link in the description of this video to download it

[@prof.heinous191]

Very useful, thanks! Do you know of anything similar for sea charts?

[@kenmore01]

Great! Thank you for this!

[@keen2461]

Pretty helpful. Thanks.

[@garysmith789]

Great information

[@AlfaMuhammad-w4p]

great video. good job

[@rgarlinyc]

Thank you very much!

[@Jimbo878]

Wow amazing 😮

[@fishntools]

Any free mapping pertaining to topo US waters?

[@markcarty2662]

Do you mean bathymetric maps ?

[@fishntools]

@@markcarty2662 yes, fresh and salt water

[@karelvanreenen8205]

Nice, thank you. It is just a pity the maps for South Africa are from 1955 that is outdated.

[@kge420]

Hey, I was born in 1955! I don’t feel outdated.

[@karelvanreenen8205]

@@kge420 I was born in1960, but the region where I stay has completely change over the last thirty years.

[@leonardoscarpa8784]

The web site doesn´t allow to dowloanding the KMZ, but exist a good maps. Thx

[@geodeltalabs]

I have included a google drive link in the description of this video to download it

[@dbakert83]

Why isn't Canada in the mapping?

[@isaacwhull]

Thanks

[@momobenjir9702]

قرائت لكن لم تكن أميناً في نقل ما قرأت

[@simchun_p402]

감사합니다,

[@1yyymmmddd]

Maybe there are High-Resolution Topographic Maps of the US. But maps for Europe are far far from even being precise at average resolution.

[@inerlogic]

Damn.... when i was in the Army we used 1:50,000 maps.... find a source for those ;)

[@rednose1966]

The Texas site offered zero maps for Argentina. Boo!😢😢😢😢

[@geodeltalabs]

😑

[@ljubisaradulj9832]

is there 1:25000 or 1:10000 somewhere

[@sofianmoussaillon360]

ita amazing video and very useful. Thank you