The National Atlas of the United States of America

United States · U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey · 1970

Editors’ Accounts

Committee on a National Atlas of the United States

Walter S. Dix · 1955

Report of committee on a loose-leaf national atlas

Unknown · 1955

Plan for National Atlas of the United States

Unknown · 1957

Reviews & Responses

On the national atlas of the USA

О. С. Стешина-Каменская · 1957

National atlases: A summary

Ena L. Yonge · 1957

In a worldwide survey of national atlases, Yonge reports the early stage of the National Atlas of the United States. A National Research Council–National Academy of Sciences committee chaired by Carleton P. Barnes directed the work and decided to adapt maps from federal research and service agencies, with the Bureau of the Budget asking agencies to standardize sheets for inclusion. Standard sheets were to be 16 by 22 inches, or foldable to that size, generally at 1:10,000,000, with other scales for special needs; index maps would show mapping status for geology, soils, and aerial photography, and the USGS Map Information Office would distribute a revised list of published sheets. Sixteen sheets plus title page and preface had appeared by the time of writing, including temperature-variability maps, 1950 urban and rural population distribution, a soil-survey index, topographic-mapping status, and a Sacramento River sample; a 41-sheet agriculture series and a 10-color farming-types map were in preparation.

Book reviews: National Atlas of the United States

Fritz Bartz · 1966

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