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Basic United States Maps

The maps downloadable from this page are not meant for use in a geographic information system. They are meant for use in word processors, computer presentations and graphic programs. There are a number of formats which you should be able to import into your program as a file, picture or piece of clip art. All the images have been compressed using the shareware program PKZIP.
 

Files in Adobe Illustrator format. These files use the .ai extension.
  • Adobe Illustrator version 1.1 128K,  version 4.0 149K
  • Encapsulated Postscript Format. These files use the .eps extension.
EPS files 258K
  • Freehand format files. These files use the .fh7 or .fh4 extension.
Freehand version 4.0 146K
Freehand version 7.0 151K
  • Windows Metafiles. These files use the .wmf extension.
WMF files 747K
  • Some other EPS and AI files
Other files 1020K
  • Tag Image Format Tiff files. These files use the .tif extension.
72 dpi images 25K
200 dpi images 90K
300 dpi images 150K
600 dpi images 371K
Files within each zip file will have one of three names, MN.xxx, US.xxx or USMAPS.xxx. The xxx denotes one of the many file extensions listed at the top of this page.

The filename for this image will be called MN.xxx
 

Image of the 50 States
The filename for this image will be called US.xxx

Image of the United States
The filename for this image will be called USMAPS.xxx

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