Map Sheets

Map Sheets can be a great solution for displaying local data, such as this example showing the location of campsites and rapids in Moab, UT.

Displaying Map Sheets in the Map Viewer

Shared Map Sheets are available to all users. These are part of CalTopo's database and available for all users to access. To contribute a map sheet to the shared database, see Submit a New Shared Map Sheet for Review.

Pro, Desktop, and Team Account users can upload and save their own map sheet data to their accounts.

All map sheets, regardless if they are shared or private, will be in the layers menu below the main base layer drop down menu. Clicking the + Add Map Sheet link will activate a new drop down menu where you can select from available map sheets.

The location of the + Stack Map Sheet button.

Only map sheets that cover the current map viewer screen will show up in the drop down menu. If no map sheets appear in the list, you may need to zoom in, or move the map viewer to a new area. Publicly available map sheets will be grouped by type (Visitor, Bike, Water, etc).

How many map sheets there are in the area of the map viewer is shown.

Clicking Add Map Sheet displays all the shared map sheets for that area grouped by type.

Select a map sheet from the list to display it in the map viewer. Map sheets are displayed at 100% opacity by default.

Click the name of the desired map sheet to display it in the map viewer. In this example, "Amphitheater Loop and Fisher Towers Hiking Trail Map" has been selected from the map sheet list.

Map sheets work in a similar way to base layers: you can change the opacity and stack multiple map sheets on the same map.

Map sheets include additional options next to the map sheet’s name. Click the Zoom to Extent icon to zoom the map view to fit that map sheet. Click the Crop icon to hide any extra blank area or text outside the map’s border.

Crop to neatline has been selected for this map sheet. Notice that the white border has been removed from the map sheet.

To remove a map sheet from the map viewer, click the X next to the name of the map sheet in the Map Sheets menu.

Saving a Shared Map Sheet to Your Account

Clicking the Info icon (represented with a question mark) will display a dialog with basic background information about the map sheet. If you are logged in, clicking Add to Account will save the map sheet to your account in the Map Sheets folder.

Clicking the Info icon brings up a dialog with more information about the map sheet and an option to save it to your account.

Any map sheets that are saved to your account will appear at the top of the map sheet list under Your Sheets the next time you view the area. You also have to save map sheets to your account on the web if you want to view and download them for offline use on the mobile app. Manage your account map sheets in Your Data.

To save a map sheet that you uploaded yourself, see Saving a Map Sheet to Your Account for Future Use.

Any map sheet saved to your account will appear at the top of the map sheets list when you are viewing that area.

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Map Sheets on Mobile

Map sheets saved to your account can be viewed in the CalTopo mobile app and downloaded to your device for offline use. Shared map sheets cannot be viewed on mobile unless you first save them to your account on the web. See Map Sheets on Mobile for which map sheets are available, how to download them, and how to display them in the map viewer.

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