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New Map For
Greater
Atlanta Area
For the first time, the
greater Atlanta, Ga., region
is depicted on a topographic
map compiled at a scale of
1:100,000 (1 inch equals about
1.5 miles), the U. S.
Geological Survey, Depart
ment of the Interior, an
nounced.
The new 10-color wall-sized
(51x59-inch) map, prepared
by the USGS in cooperation
with Georgia’s Department
of Natural Resources, covers
an area of about 5,952 square
miles, extending from
Gainesville to Rome on the
north, and from Newnan to
Jackson Lake on the south, or
about one-tenth of Georgia’s
total area. The metropolitan
Atlanta region is located in
the approximate center of
the map.
The new map is based on
more than 95 standard USGS
topographic maps published
between 1958 and 1973, with
aerial photographs taken in
1972 and 1973 used to update
and map bases.
Contour lines on the map
represent intervals of 40 feet
and depict the shape and
slope of the land surface, its
hills and valleys, and
altitudes above sea level.
Elevations throughout the
area range between 527 feet
above sea level at Lake
Jackson, to more than 2,300
feet at Pine Log Mountain
near the Bartow-Cherokee
County line. Over 500 place
names, 850 streams and
lakes, and 110 topographic
names are depicted on the
map. Particular emphasis
has benn given to the
delineation of detailed street
and road patterns and new
subdivisions. Various color
tints have been used to show
special-interest features,
such as public parks,
cemeteries, wooded areas,
and airports. The map also
shows the complete drainage
network of the area.
Robert H. Lyddan, Chief of
the USGS Topographic Divi
sion at the Survey’s National
Center, Reston, Va., said that
“the new map will serve the
greater Atlanta area as a
basis for the study and
solution of many problems
relating to activities that are
affected by the character and
relief of the Earth’s sur
face.”
“Such a general-purpose
base map will provide
planners, managers, scien
tists, and other specialists an
up-to-date base for public
presentation of all types of
regional studies which may
require information on ge
ology, land use, slope data,
mineral resources, stream
flow, ground water availa
bility, or other sets of
information which can best
be correlated and presented
through accurate maps or
map derivation products.”
Lyddan said that the scale
of 1:100,000 was chosen
rather than an inch-foot or
inch-mile ratio as a step
forward in the transition to
the metric system of
measurements which will
eventually be adopted in the
United States.
Copies of the new map may
be ordered from the U. S.
Geological Survey’s Branch
of Distribution, 1200 South
Eads Street, Arlington, Va.
22202, for $2 each (prepay
ment required, with checks
or money orders payable to
the U. S. Geological Survey).
Copies may also be pur
chased over the counter from
the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, Earth
and Water Division, 19
Hunter Street, Atlanta, Ga.
30334.
Additional information on
the variety of cartographic
products being prepared in
Georgia may be obtained
from Peter F. Bermel, Chief,
Eastern Mapping Center, U.
S. Geological Survey, 562
National Center, Reston, Va.
22092; or from Sam Picker
ing, Director and State
Geologist, Georgia Depart
ment of Natural Resources.
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