USGS Geography Booklets — Circulars

The Geography Discipline booklets provide information on the mapping sciences using easy to read text and attractive illustrations. All of these publications are available from the USGS Earth Science Information Centers (ESIC). For more information call toll-free, 1-888-ASK-USGS or visit the ask.usgs.gov Web site.

	Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images Discusses some characteristics of aerial photographs and satellite images and the types of images that are available from the USGS.
	Elevations and Distances in the U.S. Gives elevations of features and distances between points in the United States.
	Helping Your Child Learn Geography Gives parents practical ideas for teaching children simple concepts in geography.
	Natural Gemstones Describes mineral and organic gemstones and lists references.
	Topographic Map Symbols (HTML) and (PDF) Describes and illustrates various symbols used on USGS topographic maps. Additional information on map publication symbols is available on the NMP Standards Web site at http://geography.usgs.gov/standards/. To go directly to the symbol books, go to: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/acrodocs/qmaps/5psym202.pdf or http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/acrodocs/qmaps/6psym403.pdf
	Topographic Mapping Introduces the elements of topographic mapping, including principal map series, scale, control surveys, national standards, procedures, symbols, revision, and information sources.
	Urban Growth in American Cities Circular 1252 — Glimpses of U.S. Urbanization — available in HTML and PDF
	USGS GeoData Describes and shows samples of the digital data available from the USGS. This publication is in PDF format. PDF format reproduces the look of the printed publication. To view and print the PDF version, you must obtain and install the Acrobat® Reader, available at no charge from Adobe Systems. Note that PDF files tend to be of relatively large size. Downloading such files from the Internet to your computer via modem may take up to several minutes. Additionally, the quality of illustrations in printed PDF documents will generally be lower than that of the original paper document.
	USGS Scientists in Action News about careers in the natural sciences for middle and high school students by providing narratives of professional scientists at work.
	USGS Maps Describes and illustrates types of USGS maps and gives ordering information.

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