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Unlimited USGS Topo Maps and Aerial Photos
Only $19.95/year
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View,
Print, Customize, Email & Save
as many topo maps and aerial photos
as you want.
Only
$19.95/year
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How would you like to have unlimited online
access to view, print, save, email and customize as many
USGS topo maps and high resolution aerial photos as you
want for anywhere in the United States for one full year?
You can have all of that for only $19.95 - about the price
of two topo maps or one aerial photo. (Alaska and Hawaii
topo maps are included but photos for those two states are
not available.)
Now you can print perfectly matched map/photo
pairs that will instantly improve your navigation ability
- photos have LOTS of information that is not shown on any
map (compare the map/photo pair above). Subscribe now and
create a personal library of maps and photos for all of
the places you work or enjoy the outdoors. Our easy-to-use
tools will allow you to customize your maps and photos with
text / symbols, estimate GPS coordinates, mark waypoints,
estimate areas / distances and email maps to friends.
This online mapping service,
known as "MapCard", has been honored with Backpacker
Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for the "Best New Product
of 2003."
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Backpackers's
Own Words about MapCard
"The
best one-stop map shop we've seen is as close as your
home computer....cheap, fast and easy..... will save
you fistfuls of cash, put millions of acres of wilderness
at your fingertips and let you quickly annotate your
maps with the best online tools we've seen."
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Below is a screenshot showing MapCard's easy-to-use
controls... just click a button to switch between Aerial
photographs, topography maps and Land-Use Maps. Also, notice
how one click can move your view between ten different zoom
levels - you can set the scale from a regional view of 1:5,000,000
up to a backyard-snooping 1:6,000.

Once you get zoomed in on the area that you
want - just press the "Print this Map" button and the map
will be sent to your printer. You can also use other tools
to save the map, email it to a friend or download it to
your computer. The map at the top of this page is an example
of what would be produced by pressing the "Print this Map"
button at 1:12,000 scale for the area shown in the screenshot
above - printed on 8.5" x 11" paper.
You can also print a matching aerial photo of the same
location at the same scale. To do that just change the selection
button from "Topo Map" to "Aerial Photo" and press the print
button - that's all you need to do.
(Aerial photographs frequently show many important structures
and features that are not shown on the USGS maps - and which
could be very important to your navigation or work. All
of MapCard's aerial photographs are from the USGS archive
and were taken between 1990 and 2002 so in many instances
they will be more recent than any USGS map. In my opinion,
recent aerial photography, matched precisely to the maps,
is the most important advantage that MapCard offers over
the most popular mapping software. If you use USGS topographic
maps without recent aerial photographs you are in the field
with only 1/2 of the tools - think about how many times
you have looked at your map and wished for more information
- photographs show vegetation, fence lines, roads, trails,
structures and terrain features that do not appear on any
map. Compare the map and photo above and you will see that
the information difference is huge. In most areas aerial
photographs will instantly improve your ability to navigate.)
MapCard is a great tool for hunting, hiking, fishing
and other outdoor sports but don't limit your use to the
forest and lake. You can also use it to obtain and share
photographs of real estate, favorite places, your family's
farm or your hometown. Here's a photo looking right down
into Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh - home of the Pirates
and Steelers.

Surprise your uncle by emailing him an
aerial photo of his farm. Print your brother a map/photo
pair of his favorite hunting area. Email your camping partners
a map showing where you will meet next weekend.
I have used all of the most popular topographic
software for fieldwork and fun and here are the most important
advantages that I find in MapCard...
1) aerial photographs matched precisely to the maps
2) costs less than any software and you get all upgrades
instantly
3) extremely easy to use - almost like there is nothing
to learn
4) the best map printing tool - even puts a scale
bar on the maps
5) very easy to share maps with friends by email
6) you can easily save your custom maps for future
use

TERMS OF SALE: You will have immediate
access to the service as soon as your purchase is completed.
There are no postage and handling fees to pay on this transaction.
Only $19.95 for all of the maps and aerial photographs that
you want for one full year. Purchase your MapCard today!