sample .MAP files for USGS National Atlas of USA and Atlas of North America

[Matthew Edmondson]

Very nice work.

On 12/1/06, Hal Mueller <hal at mobilegeographics.com> wrote:
> I've created a couple of sample .MAP files that make use of the
> extensive set of shapefiles offered by the USGS for the United State
> and North America.
>
> These are certainly not finished cartographic products, but they do
> provide a good start toward building a basemap for a Mapserver
> project.  You will need to adjust scaling and labels to suit.  There
> are many more data layers available that I did not use in my samples.
>
> The maps look much better at larger scales than they do at smaller scales.
>
> All files are linked from my Mapserver recipes page:
> http://www.mobilegeographics.com/mapserver/
>
> Screenshots (large images!) of some locations (mostly USA, some on
> the borders; each location visible in both USA and North American
> atlases under same output projection):
> http://www.mobilegeographics.com/mapserver/usgsUSA.html
> http://www.mobilegeographics.com/mapserver/usgsNA.html
>
> Tarball with .MAP and .PHP files:
> http://www.mobilegeographics.com/mapserver/usgsdemo.tar.gz
>
> These files are free for anyone to use as needed.
>
> --
> Hal Mueller                hal at mobilegeographics.com
> Mobile Geographics LLC     http://www.mobilegeographics.com/
>