What is the topography of the world?

Topography describes the physical features of an area of land. These features typically include natural formations such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys. Manmade features such as roads, dams, and cities may also be included. Topography often records the various elevations of an area using a topographical map.

How do you describe topography?

Topography is a measurement of elevation, and slope is the percent change in that elevation over a certain distance. Topography may be measured with lines that connect points representing the same elevation; these are called topographic contours.

What is a Topo50 map?

The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:50,000 scale. Used by a wide variety of groups, Topo50 is the official topographic map series used by New Zealand emergency services.

How can I get a topographic map on Topozone?

All of the topographic maps on TopoZone are displayed and printed with true north up. If you are using a […] All of the points of interest pages on TopoZone have coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the information section below the […] The feature types on TopoZone are used to categorize all of the points of interest in our database.

What can you do with a topoView map?

TopoView shows the many and varied older maps of each area, and so is especially useful for historical purposes—for example, the names of some natural and cultural features have changed over time, and the historical names can be found on many of these topographic maps.

Where can I buy a printed topo map?

Printed Topo50 / 1:50,000 map sheets are available from Bivouac Outdoor, both online and in store. No layer selected. No legend for layer. Sorry, an error occurred.

When did the US Topo series come out?

We’ve added the US Topo seriesto topoView, giving users access to over 3 million downloadable files from 2009 to the present day. The US Topo series is a latest generation of topographic maps modeled on the USGS historical 7.5-minute series (created from 1947-1992).