USGS topographic maps
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USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle series | 3 |
| US Topo maps | 2 |
| USGS Store | 2 |
| U.S. Geological Survey maps | 1 |
| USGS Amidon topographic map | 1 |
| USGS National Mapping Program | 1 |
| USGS topographic maps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T732289 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USGS topographic maps Context triple: [Denali, map, USGS topographic maps]
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A.
Crestview USGS topographic map
The Crestview USGS topographic map is a United States Geological Survey map sheet that charts the terrain and geographic features of the Crestview area in Florida, including the location of Britton Hill, the state's highest natural point.
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B.
USGS Pocasset quadrangle
The USGS Pocasset quadrangle is a United States Geological Survey topographic map sheet that covers the Pocasset area, detailing its terrain, natural features, and man-made landmarks.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Cartographic Services
Cartographic Services was the original name of the company that later became MapQuest, a pioneering provider of online mapping and driving directions.
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E.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USGS topographic maps Target entity description: USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
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A.
Crestview USGS topographic map
The Crestview USGS topographic map is a United States Geological Survey map sheet that charts the terrain and geographic features of the Crestview area in Florida, including the location of Britton Hill, the state's highest natural point.
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B.
USGS Pocasset quadrangle
The USGS Pocasset quadrangle is a United States Geological Survey topographic map sheet that covers the Pocasset area, detailing its terrain, natural features, and man-made landmarks.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
-
D.
Cartographic Services
Cartographic Services was the original name of the company that later became MapQuest, a pioneering provider of online mapping and driving directions.
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E.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic product
ⓘ
topographic map series ⓘ |
| areUpdatedBy |
United States Geological Survey
ⓘ
surface form:
USGS National Geospatial Program
|
| availableFrom |
USGS National Map
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
surface form:
USGS Store
|
| beganProduction | late 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverage |
Alaska
ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ United States territories ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. territories
contiguous United States ⓘ
surface form:
conterminous United States
|
| depicts | Earth’s surface ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
digital
ⓘ
paper ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
USGS topographic maps
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
US Topo maps
historical 7.5-minute quadrangle maps ⓘ |
| producer | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| represents |
elevation
ⓘ
terrain ⓘ |
| scaleRange | large-scale ⓘ |
| shows |
boundaries
ⓘ
buildings ⓘ contours ⓘ grid lines ⓘ hydrography ⓘ landmarks ⓘ man-made features ⓘ natural features ⓘ place names ⓘ railroads ⓘ roads ⓘ vegetation ⓘ |
| typicalScale |
1:100,000
ⓘ
1:24,000 ⓘ 1:250,000 ⓘ 1:62,500 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
ⓘ
emergency response planning ⓘ engineering projects ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ hiking ⓘ land-use planning ⓘ navigation ⓘ resource management ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| uses |
NAD27 datum
ⓘ
NAD83 datum ⓘ North American Vertical Datum of 1988 ⓘ
surface form:
NAVD88 vertical datum
NGVD29 vertical datum ⓘ UTM coordinate system ⓘ contour lines ⓘ coordinate grids ⓘ latitude and longitude ⓘ map legend ⓘ north arrow ⓘ scale bar ⓘ standard cartographic symbols ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: USGS topographic maps Description of subject: USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USGS National Mapping Program
this entity surface form:
US Topo maps
this entity surface form:
USGS Amidon topographic map
this entity surface form:
USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle series
this entity surface form:
USGS Store
this entity surface form:
USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle series
this entity surface form:
USGS Store
this entity surface form:
U.S. Geological Survey maps
this entity surface form:
USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle series
this entity surface form:
US Topo maps