Maps with road type?

[Stan Olson]

I found an old plat book from our county (1976) and it shows the actual road grade (gravel, chips, etc). Other than picking up a newer book, is there any mapping software that shows this sort of detail? This would be really handy when chasing out of your normal area. Thanks!

Stan

 

[Dan Robinson]

USGS topo maps are great for accurately showing the type of road surface. It would be great if StreetAtlas took ths data from the USGS to correct its products, which are OK, but terrible when it comes to showing a paved road that turns out to be a muddy, rutted four-wheeler trail.

 

[Stan Olson]

USGS topo maps are great for accurately showing the type of road surface. It would be great if StreetAtlas took ths data from the USGS to correct its products, which are OK, but terrible when it comes to showing a paved road that turns out to be a muddy, rutted four-wheeler trail.
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Yeah, you would think they'd put that on their TopoUSA product, but I guess they didn't think that far ahead. Thanks!

Stan

 

[Rob Herman]

Many USGS 1:24000 maps are becoming outdated and are therefore not up to date on road surface type.

 

[Bob Schafer]

Gee, could we chasers possibly be getting just a tiny bit spoiled by technology? :lol:

Oops...I guess it's a new thread.

Bob

 

[Russel Parsons]

I don't know of any mapping software that includes this amount of detail, but the State Of Kansas has done some of the leg work on posting some really detailed Kansas county maps in PDF format. I'am just linking to the county maps, but the KDOT website also has city maps in the PDF format.

Kansas Department Of Transportation: County Maps (PDF Format)

 

[Adam Bennett]

As has Nebraska:

http://www.nebraskatransportation.org/maps/countymaps.htm

And Colorado:

http://www.dot.state.co.us/App_DTD_DataAcc...n&MenuType=Maps