How can I locate wilderness maps for specific countries or regions?

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The Norwegian directorate for nature management publishes a map of wilderness showing how far away a particular area is from heavy technical interventions, such as roads, electricity lines, hydro lakes, etc. This provides a quick overview as to where one can get far into the wilderness. I like it a lot.

Is anyone aware of similar maps for any other countries or regions?

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The USGS Fort Collins Science Center published the following map of the conterminous United States in 2005:

It has been published as a factsheet with a PDF (that can be zoomed for more detail):

Watts, R.D., R.W. Compton, J.H. McCammon, C.L. Rich, and S.M. Wright. 2005. Distance to the nearest road in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3011. 2 p..

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That's actually a very difficult question to answer, since there's a lot of ambiguity about what's a "road," etc. Some geographers in Alaska tried to tackle a similar question here, in an Alaska Dispatch article.

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