{"id":2470,"date":"2020-08-21T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/?page_id=2470"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:31:54","slug":"topographic-maps-books-and-indexes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/collections\/maps-new\/maps-topographic-maps-new\/topographic-maps-books-and-indexes\/","title":{"rendered":"Topographic Maps &#8212; Books and Indexes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/collections\/maps-new\/maps-topographic-maps-new\/usgs-topographic-maps-new\/\/\">USGS<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/collections\/maps-new\/maps-topographic-maps-new\/topographic-maps-books-and-indexes\/\">Books\/Indexes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/collections\/maps-new\/maps-topographic-maps-new\/topographic-maps-interpretation\/\/\">Interpretation\/Use<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/collections\/maps-new\/maps-topographic-maps-new\/topographic-maps-online\/\">Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interpretation\/Use<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/70039164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2843\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/Topo-Symbols-Page-3-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/Topo-Symbols-Page-3-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/Topo-Symbols-Page-3.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>USGS Topographic Map Symbols<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/1n2ls18\/alma99525059112205899\">How to Read Illinois Topographic Maps<\/a> by Illinois State Geological Survey (2005)<br \/>\nAlso available <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.illinois.edu\/staff\/jsteinfe%40illinois.edu\/1136.pdf\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/1n2ls18\/alma99356068812205899\">Maps for America<\/a> by Morris M. Thompson (1987)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/70178836\">3rd edition (1987) online from USGS<\/a> &#8212; this PDF can be very slow to download<br \/>\nThe text changed very little between editions &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/70045412\">1979 edition available through USGS website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99417564712205899\">Interpretation of Landforms from Topographic Maps and Air Photographs Laboratory Manual<\/a> by Don Easterbrook and Dori J. Kovanen (1999)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Cartobibliographies<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/1n2ls18\/alma9963846212205899\">Topographic Mapping of the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand<\/a> by Mary L. Larsgaard (1984)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99350848512205899\">Topographic Mapping of Africa, Antarctica, and Eurasia<\/a> by Mary L. Larsgaard (1993)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99430347512205899\">World Mapping Today<\/a> by Robert B. Parry and C.R. Perkins (2000)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99160227512205899\">Inventory of World Topographic Mapping<\/a> by Rolf Bohme for the International Cartographic Association (1989)<br \/>\n3 volumes &#8212; 1) Western Europe, North America, and Australasia; 2) South America, Central America and Africa; 3) Eastern Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Antarctica.<\/p>\n<h2>Indexes<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2847\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/IL-USGS-topo-index-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/IL-USGS-topo-index-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/IL-USGS-topo-index-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/IL-USGS-topo-index-768x1235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/09\/IL-USGS-topo-index.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/store.usgs.gov\/product\/57560\">Downloadable PDF of most recent Illinois topographic map index<\/a> From the USGS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/faqs\/where-can-i-find-indexes-usgs-topographic-maps\">FAQ about USGS Topographic Map Indexes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma9994337212205899\">Map Index to Topographic Quadrangles of the United States, 1882-1940<\/a> by Riley Moore Moffat (1986)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USGS Books\/Indexes Interpretation\/Use Online Interpretation\/Use USGS Topographic Map Symbols How to Read Illinois Topographic Maps by Illinois State Geological Survey (2005) Also available online Maps for America by Morris M. Thompson (1987) 3rd edition (1987) online from USGS &#8212; this PDF can be very slow to download The text changed very little between editions &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"parent":1555,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2470","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3744,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2470\/revisions\/3744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/max\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}