BONUS EPISODE: New Online Service for FREE Custom Recreational Maps from the USGS

Feliks Banel’s guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Ariel Doumbouya, Cartographic Products Lead for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program. The USGS has just introduced a new and completely free custom map service aimed at hikers and others who depend on accurate maps for recreational purposes. The custom maps are available to anyone via an online application called topoBuilder. Link to topoBuilder: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/topobuilder Ms. Doumbouya also shares the science behind more than a century of USGS maps, and defines many common terms used when discussing topographic maps in particular. We also talked about the huge online archive of USGS maps, also available in digital form, via the online application called Topo View. It's a priceless resource for historians, and also just fun to explore. Link to topoView: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.