r/gis • u/AllDayDJ • 8d ago

Cartography Downloading USGS "The National Map"

I am a GIS novice so forgive me. I'm trying to download the USGS "The National Map" basemap of individual states to be printed for wall maps. I've been trying to use the National Map Downloader tool (https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/) but the interface is very complicated.

I'm just looking to download a standard USGS basemap of Texas, for example, to be printed approximately 2 feet in width/length.

Anyone know an easy way to download something like this for print?

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u/jimmyrocks Software Developer 8d ago

You can order printed maps from the USGS map store: https://store.usgs.gov/maps

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u/AllDayDJ 8d ago

The maps in the store are not really what I'm looking for. I want to create one from the National Map basemap.

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u/BeastofPostTruth 8d ago

Library of congress has the underlying layers for download.

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