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About two years ago I purchased a GPS because I became convinced that some of the USGS quadrants were more accurate in depicting topagraphy than others. I was hiking in western MA, very carefully consulting my map and compass when things on the ground did not appear to topographicaly correlate at all with what I saw on the map. I was pretty sure of my location because we found a state forest corner boundary marker that was depicted on the map. However the contours made no sense. With a little internet research and asking around I found that not all quadrants are created equal. National and state parks, areas of development such as dams and highways have of course been accurately surveyed, but some areas are given less attention. Has anybody else found inaccuracies in Topo's, after years of taking USGS maps as the word of god I'm feeling let down. Please convince me it isn't so!!! I've always gotten to where I wanted to go, but GPS tracks have shown me I didn't always know where I was, esp. in areas where land marks are unremarkable.