| Abstract: | In April 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Geographic (NG) TOPO entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to explore a new technology that would allow a person to walk into a map retail store and print a personalized topographic map, vending machine style, from a self-service kiosk. Work began to develop systems that offer seamless, digitally stored USGS topographic maps using map-on-demand software from NG TOPO. The vending machine approach ensures that maps are never out of stock, allows customers to define their own map boundaries, and gives customers choices regarding shaded relief and the grids to be printed on the maps to get the exact maps they need. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 50737 |
| Citation Author: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 2 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with National Geographic Topo |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 085-01 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Topographic Maps from a Kiosk; 2001; FS; 085-01; Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Year: | 2001 |
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| Text: | Topographic Maps from a Kiosk; 2001; FS; 085-01; Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/0085/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/0085/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
