National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Its mission is to increase global understanding and promote conservation of the planet through exploration, research, and education. Sales of all National Geographic Map products are used to support the National Geographic Society’s ongoing nonprofit mission. The organization has funded more than 7,000 scientific research projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy.

National Geographic employs 60 full-time cartographers who produce a variety of maps, including the award-winning seamless TOPO! U.S. dataset, now available to GIS users via ArcWeb Services. TOPO!, which combines the most recent USGS quad maps and 3D hillshading, can be used as a basemap for all 50 U.S. states.

Available NGS Services

• U.S. TOPO! Map National Geographic
• U.S. TOPO! Tiles National Geographic