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All the Forest Service lands mapped on your handheld with FSBasemap and S1 Mobile App

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From time to time I'll mention that the "Forest Service topo shows" this or "indicates" that, but this map series doesn't seem to be quite as well known as the USGS quadrangles (AKA "quads"). I have even encountered Forest Service employees who were not aware of it, or had it but were not aware that it is a public map too. I do not mean the sometimes topographic paper maps, usually of a specific wilderness area, the FS may have for sale. This is a free digital map series that covers the entirety of Forest Service land with topographic detail. It's also getting to be 10 years old (some quads are older, some newer) and in need of an update. FSTopo Legacy The old FSTopo is now getting called "FSTopo Legacy". It still has some value in it, so I'll give a bit more detail. This is probably best known as a layer in other offerings. Caltopo has a Forest Service layer, which has options of "2013 (white)" or "2016 (whit...