[Qgis-user] 2019 USGS 7.5min topo sheets

[Fielding, Eric J (US 329A)]

It sounds like you downloaded a new USGS product format called the GeoPDF. The ".pdf" suffix is the big clue. I don't know if QGIS 3.2.3 can read those files. I would try downloading the map in a different format. I don't know what site you are using, but the USGS TopoView site (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/) has the maps available as JPEG, KMZ, GeoTIFF, and GeoPDF. I would recommend the GeoTIFF format as all versions of QGIS support that.

Best, 
	++Eric Fielding

-----Original Message-----
    Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 06:06:50 -0400
    From: MacKinnon's <mackinnonclan at hughes.net>
    
    Hello, low skill user here on QGIS 3.2.3 on Microsoft 10.   I have been 
    using USGS 7.5' topo map as base layers for a couple of years.  My 
    latest download, of amap sheet created on 12-18-19 will not load.  Error 
    message is "Invalid Data Source"  Also of note is that the new map is 
    much larger than earlier versions. 40mg vs 15-20mg.  Is this an 
    intentional change by USGS or an error formatting the file.
    
    Map sheet in question is MI_Garden_20191218_TM_geo.pdf