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Greg Holland

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Topographical Maps?
« on: November 05, 2002, 05:27:53 PM »
There was a recent post about the Golf World hole design competition.  Like many on this site, I often sketch out golf holes.  While the Golf World competition may have been flawed, it was fun to draw holes on the actual topographic map.  I did the same with some diagrams in Tom Doak's "The Anatomy of a Golf Course".  

Does anyone know of a source for topographical maps?  

Specifically, I think it would be awesome to get topographic maps of the sites of some of the great courses on which one could route out a course and design the holes, then compare to the real masterpiece. Great fun could be had trying to design Augusta, Merion, Pinehurst, Sand Hills, or those courses in Bandon.        
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Justin_Zook

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Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2002, 05:57:00 PM »
Whoa!!!!!!  

There is someone like me out there!!!!!!!

I too often find myself sketching out holes, 2 dementionally of course, on notebook paper or whatever I have, during lectures and what not.  It's a terrible habit during class, but oh well.  I CAN'T HELP IT!!!  

Justin
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Mike_Edwards

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2002, 06:08:36 PM »
try www.topozone.com
Good source for most of the US. These are the USGS 1:24000 Quadrangle Maps. The contours start at 5' in flatter regions and go up to 100'+
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Greg Holland

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Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2002, 07:23:28 PM »
Thanks Mike.
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RJ_Daley

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Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2002, 08:32:43 PM »
I haven't seen topozone.  But Terraserver and Mapquest have topos.  Unfortunately, they are usually on on 10' elevation lines and that isn't worth a darn.  I found the best source in my local area to be the county land planners office.  Particularly, if a road project passed nearby within a mile or two, you sometimes get lucky and they have 2' elevations.  Also, you can get 1"=200' scale aerials in some cases through county offices or state highway departments.  

http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=12&x=407&y=5796&z=14&w=1

The above link should come up as a partially finished Sand Hills aerial, and you can switch it over to topo and zoom in more on left hand margin.  Feel free to design more holes out there.  There are only about 10000 more potential routings. ;D 8)
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John_D._Bernhardt

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2002, 10:52:32 PM »
Yes but you really need two foot topos to get the feel of the real topography of a course. I do feel the 5 foot maps are ok though for what we do on here.
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Jon Anderson Fan

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2002, 11:37:50 PM »
I'm sorry, I can't answer that. I was trying to get into the rock band "Yes" website, looking for conversation and discussion on Tales From Topographic Oceans.

Opps!
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Mike_Edwards

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2002, 11:23:55 AM »
The County Auditor/Assessor Websites, especially in Ohio are another good source, some ie Franklin County, Ohio  http://www.franklincountyauditor.com/ will overlay 2' coptours on top of their aerials.  Try this : Click on property maps, owner's name, type in "scioto", click on one of the parcels, on the left, choose " select item" and click on "aerial photos and contours".  So from the internet these sites may be your best option for accurate topography.
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ByUBengals

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2002, 12:19:02 PM »
As a Civil Engineer, our firm uses topozone.com for quick look, but Carolina Map Distributors (Greenville,N.C.) for hard copies and personal service that goes the extra mile.Their site is www.800-248-6277.com, which is also the toll free number. Beware you can really fill up some file drawers with these things. Alternatively, you can try an amazing 7 CD software version of the entire 1:24,000 quad sheet collection of the US in "Topo USA" by DeLORME for about $70. See delorme.com.
Cordially,
DPS
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Kevin Fraser

Re: Topographical Maps?
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2002, 06:50:24 AM »
I love the Aerial of the Day feature here and spend part of my free computer time looking at aerials of famous and not so famous courses.   I also create courses for MS Links golf sim.   Another user of that software pointed out using the DLGVpro viewer from the USGS.

http://www.gisdatadepot.com/dem/

The new version can generate contours lines at the 1ft level if you wish.  You can download the DEM file for the area you want from the USGS then generate the contours in the viewer.   Here's an example of 2ft contours around Cypress Point.




The DLGVpro viewer and the 7.5 min DEM data are free.
Using Terraserver and Photoshop you can match the contours up with the aerial if you wish.
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