Van Dwelling and Car Living & Great Outdoors 28 Aug 2006 02:14 pm
And all the boondockers rejoiced! Soon to be free USGS topographical maps!
Jared Benedict tried in vain to get the public domain maps for free or reasonable costs through various means and sources. So instead he bought the whole US in 1:24k scale and will release them for free once his initial $1,600 investment is paid back. Soon we’ll be able to get them from his site or the Internet Archive.
These maps are useful for many reasons, but for the cheap traveler they can help you find spots of land that are free to camp on, such as BLM or federal forests. Currently Jared has some to offer at the Libre Map Project, but the Map Ransom will make everywhere downloadable instead of just some places.
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