Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey 1997 In 1970 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published The National Atlas of the United States of America™. It was a 400-page, oversized, 12-pound collection of maps. In 1998, a new and innovative National Atlas will be published. This edition will include both electronic and paper map products and will exploit information management, access, and delivery technologies that didn't exist in 1970. application/pdf 10.3133/fs08297 en U.S. Geological Survey The National Atlas of the United States of America reports