From Partisan Labs: All Of the USGS Topo Maps
By way of Partisan Labs, the maker of the OTP-1 Generator that we use in the Advanced RTO Course, comes an external hard drive with all of the USGS topographic maps for the United States.
I got a copy of this back when I ran the first RTO Course out in Montana. Its come in handy many, many times having all of the local map data I need easily accessed and printable. So at its cost I consider it a steal and a critical item to have for future operations. Being able to index map data for virtually everywhere in the US, anytime, as long as I have a printer is a heck of an asset to the Partisan.
Get yours today, get training, get equipped, be it weapons, mags, snivel gear, medical kit, food and not forgetting that all-important Sixth Principle of Patrolling, look cool doing it.
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What a great resource!
If any of your know a prepper and need a gift idea, this topo map hard drive is perfect.
Went to the site. It says that the map drive is out of stock. Any idea when it might become available again?
Sold out that fast? I’ll get with Partisan Labs and find out when they’ll be back in stock.
The 7.5′ topo maps are taxpayer funded resource made freely available by the USGS. The interactive download map is here: https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/?basemap=b1&category=histtopo,ustopo&title=Map%20View
And by the time you pick up a 4TB HD and compile the data yourself, you’ve spent more than what this product costs.
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Besides being out of stock, it’d be better if the available maps were MGRS. Just sayin’…..I’ve used both extensively, and the MGRS is better because 1:25,000/50,000 scale has more compatibility with other map tools. YMMV.
I see the next batch is scheduled for Monday, November 25th
Considering that the Snowden leaks showed certain government groups have intercepted packages to install malware and backdoors onto individual tech devices, it seems like a good idea for people to only use this off of an air-gapped and sound-gapped computer.
A $100 used laptop and used printer from a local computer recycler are cheap insurance.
Yes, you could argue that’s paranoid, but considering that the type of people posting on here and ordering these things are very very interesting to those Gov. groups, getting a cheapo PC with Linux running is worth the trouble. Buying this or the OTP-1 makes you far more interesting than just buying some gun parts online.
Like any online purchases, your transactions are fed into massive analytics systems to share that data with whomever has the authority to ask for it.
Its not paranoid at all, its reality.
Out of Stock
It’ll be in stock on Tuesday. And likely sell out again.
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What should these maps be printed with and on?
Ink jet, desk jet, etc? Rite in the rain printer paper or…??
Any, “Do this, it’s not fantastic but will get the job done” advice as far as printing?
I use an ink jet printer, but write in the rain is always great.
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@Defensive The MGRS is based on the UTM which was originally developed by the Army Map Service many years ago. 1:24,000 is the standard scale of USGS maps and are used by the military inside the US. USGS maps used to carry an AMS index number. 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 are metric scales and some states have asked the USGS to publish there state series in metric scale, which is normally 1:25,000. 1:50,000 is the normal scale of most of the maps published for military use in the field. The GTA the Army Issues can be used with the metric scales. A roamer can be easily constructed using a cheap CAD program and a transparency sheet for the USGS maps in 1:24,000.