Getting Map Coordinates from a Historical Topo Map for use with a GPS
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS CDROM1:62,500 (15 minute) scale |
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Getting Map Coordinates from a Historical Topo Map for use with a GPS |
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New Maps Added 3-1-07 |
| You have looked all over for old out of print USGS topo maps. They are hard to find even in printed format. Some larger libraries have copies, but digital scans are harder to find, until now. This CDROM contains 1:62,500 (15 minute) scale topographic maps of Pennsylvania. |
| They date from the late 1890's to the 1940's. These maps had to be scanned in pieces and then stitched back together.
Because of this, some maps may have slightly blurred seams. These maps show long gone roads, towns and other geographic feature points. These maps are a must for historical and genealogical research. |
| Use them for research in surveying, mining, forestry and farming Use them in genealogy to find where your family lived. Relive history by mapping a historical Civil War battle. |
| Most are brown and white, although some show green ground cover. The 15-minute map series at a scale of 1:62,500 (1 inch = approximately 1 mile) has been abandoned by the USGS. The maps are in the .JPG file format. You can view and print them with any software that can open graphic image files. Some include Paint Shop Pro and the Image viewer in Windows. You can cut and paste the maps in WORD and other programs. They average around 4 MB in size, small enough for most computers to open easily. No viewing software is on the CD, as the .JPG file format is very common. |
| At this price everyone can afford to have their own collection of old out of print topo maps. Or you can search the flea markets, Ebay, the libraries and then scan them in pieces. Many town and areas are covered by these maps. |
| See Sample Map views below. These images have been cropped and compressed for quicker downloads |
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What did my town used to look like?? |
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Locate long lost features such as CCC camps |
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Erie Presque Isle Bay |
The CD's contain the following 195 Topo quads: |
ACCIDENT MD 1900 ALBURTIS-ALLENTOWN WEST-SLATINGTON 1902 ALLENSVILLE PA 1935 ALLENTOWN 1894 ALTOONA 1920 AMITY 1904 ANTRIM PA 1946 ARIEL PA 1932 BARNESBORO 1904 BEAVER 1904 BEDFORD 1910 BELLEFONTE PA 1909 BENEZETTE PA 1943 BERLIN 1929 BLOOMSBURG PA 1894 BLOSSBURG PA 1927 BOYERTOWN 1902 BRADFORD 1926 BROAD TOP 1933 BROOKVILLE 1926 BROWNSVILLE 1906 BURGETTSTOWN 1906 BURLINGTON 1906 BUSHKILL PA 1943 BUTLER 1911 CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS 1925 CAMERON WV 1904 CANTON PA 1944 CARLISLE 1904 CARNEGIE 1906 CATAWISSA PA 1894 CENTRE HALL PA 1929 CHAMBERSBURG PA 1902 CHESTER 1898 CLARION 1907 CLAYSVILLE 1907 CLEARFIELD 1932 COATESVILLE PA 1906 CONNEAUT OH 1906 CONNELLSVILLE 1902 CONRAD PA 1947 CORNING NY 1914 CORRY 1932 COUDERSPORT 1938 CROSBY PA 1948 CURWENSVILLE 1903 DAMASCUS PA 1923 DELAWARE WATER GAP PA 1893 DONEGAL 1922 DOYLESTON PA 1891 DRIFTWOOD PA 1945 DUBOIS 1924 DUNDAFF PA 1892 EASTON 1890 EBENSBURG 1904 ELDERS RIDGE 1904 EMPORIUM 1948 ERIE 1900 EVERETT 1902 FAIRVIEW 1900 FOXBURG 1908 FRANKLIN 1911 FREEPORT 1909 GAINES PA 1900 GALETON PA 1947 GENESEE 1937 GERMANTOWN 1899 GETTYSBURG 1908 GIRARD 1900 GLASSBORO 1890 GREENSBURG 1906 HAGERSTOWN 1912 HALLTON 1943 HAMBURG 1911 HAMMONTON NJ 1890 HANOVER 1922 HARRISBURG 1899 HARVEY LAKE 1893 HAWLEY PA 1938 HAZLETON 1893 HILLIARDS 1912 HOLLIDAYSBURG 1903 HONESDALE PA 1892 HONEYBROOK PA 1907 HOUTZDALE 1905 HOWARD 1923 HUGHESVILLE 1935 HUMMELSTOWN 1892 HUNTINGDON 1904 INDIANA 1902 JENNINGSVILLE 1947 JOHNSTOWN 1907 KANE 1939 KINZUA 1941 KITTANNING 1902 LANCASTER 1904 LATROBE 1902 LE RAYSVILLE PA 1945 LEBANON 1899 LEWISTOWN PA 1924 LINESVILLE PA 1908 LITTLETON 1926 LOCKHAVEN 1923 LONG EDDY NY 1923 LYKENS 1893 MAHANOY 1892 MARIENVILLE 1941 MASONTOWN 1900 MAUCH CHUNK 1924 MCCALLS FERRY PA 1912 MEADVILLE PA 1925 MERCERSBURG 1902 MERCER 1913 MEYERSDALE 1921 MIDDLETOWN 1908 MILLERSBURG 1893 MILLERSTOWN 1907 MILTON 1924 MONROETON 1943 MOUNT JEWETT 1940 MOUNT UNION 1924 NESHANNOCK PA 1907 NEW BLOOMFIELD 1907 NEW CUMBERLAND 1906 NEW CASTLE 1904 NEW FLORENCE 1922 NEW HOLLAND 1906 NEW KENSINGTON 1910 NORRISTOWN 1895 NORTH EAST 1915 OIL CITY 1924 ORBISONIA PA 1944 PARKTON MD 1902 PATTON 1904 PHILADELPHIA 1891 PHILIPSBURG 1922 PHOENIXVILLE PA 1906 PINE GROVE PA 1892 PITTSBURG 1907 PITTSTON 1893 POCONO PA 1921 POTTSVILLE 1891 POWELL PA 1945 PUNXSUTAWNEY 1906 QUAKERTOWN PA 1894 QUARRYVILLE 1912 READING 1915 RENOVO EAST PA 1946 RENOVO WEST PA 1946 RIDGWAY 1944 RURAL VALLEY 1903 SALEM 1890 SCRANTON 1891 SEWICKLEY 1908 SHAMOKIN 1892 SHEFFIELD PA 1941 SHENANGO PA 1908 SHICKSHINNY 1894 SHIPPENSBURG 1923 SMETHPORT 1937 SMICKSBURG 1909 SNOW SHOE PA 1931 SOMERSET 1915 STODDARTSVILLE 1924 STONEBORO PA 1913 SUNBURY 1893 SUSQUEHANNA PA 1935 TANEYTOWN MD 1911 TIDIOUTE 1930 TIOGA 1902 TIONESTA 1924 TITUSVILLE 1933 TOWNVILLE 1932 TROUT RUN 1921 TROY 1938 TUNKHANNOCK PA 1946 TYRONE PA 1923 UNION CITY 1932 UNIONTOWN 1900 WARRENSVILLE 1934 WARREN 1908 WAYNESBURG 1904 WERNERSVILLE PA 1902 WEST CHESTER 1904 WESTMINSTER MD 1905 WHEELING WV 1902 WHITE LAKE NY 1922 WILKESBARRE 1892 WILLIAMSPORT 1912 WINDBER 1916 WIND GAP 1916 WOODHULL NY 1926 YORK 1910 YOUNGSVILLE 1929 ZELIENOPLE 1910 |
| Below is an example of a older topo map and a newer one. Although the older topo is in 1:62,500 scale and the new one is 1:24,000 scale, |
| you can still see the changes that have occured thru the years. Both images have been cropped and compressed for quicker downloads. |
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Oil City Area 1924 |
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Oil City Area 1:24,000 scale |
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Oil City Area 1:24,000 scale Aerial Photo |
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