Virginia,
I don't think this is a dumb question at all and, in fact, got frustrated
enough by it that we made a fix for it in our cataloging system.
We bought the content from MapLink for their topo map indexes and have
linked them to our cataloging records for each state. You can get to all
of them from here:
http://cgi.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/library/cgi-bin/depts/branner/show.cgi
This is the US page, you can then click on the state you want. That will
bring up the 30x60 minute index. Click on the area you're interested in
and it will pull up the 7.5 minute quad names.
Hope this is helpful,
Julie
At 11:26 AM 1/12/2008, Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D. wrote:
>Hi, folks
>
>I'm working on a project in an area where I don't already have the list of
>quads in my head so I need to see the topo quad index sheets from time to
>time to make sure I have what's supposed to be included. It's getting
>pretty old to have to go over to REI everytime I need an index (not to
>mention the local REI only has California, Nevada, and Arizona, which are
>not places I'm look for right now).
>Is there someplace online that has index sheets for topo maps, ideally as
>.pdf files so I can zoom the particular areas I need to know about?
>I've googled USGS topographic quadrangle index with all terms having to be
>included. I've also tried all the combos with slang words (topo quads
>index), etc. I've done the same search actually on the USGS website. No
>mas in all instances! ;~(
>
>Thanks for any light somebody can shed.
>
>v
>
>--
>\ / Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California
>0 Email: drjuice@ieee.org
>Oo "There is always hope."
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Head Librarian; GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
397 Panama Mall, M/C 2211
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
sweetkind@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-1102
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