Committee on State Cartography (CSC)

The Committee on State Cartography (CSC) acts as an advisory committee to the State Cartographer's Office (SCO). In this role, the CSC meets two times annually (spring and fall) with staff to review recent SCO activities and assess future strategic directions. The CSC primary function is to provide guidance and advice regarding SCO activities. It has carried out this support role with the SCO for more than 30 years.

The CSC members are appointed by the Dean of the UW-Madison College of Letters & Science (L&S) to three-year renewable terms. Members are selected to represent mapping-related academic disciplines on campus, and mapping-related activities within state and local government agencies. Current CSC membership, meeting minutes, and details on the CSC history are listed below.

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Current CSC Members:

• A-Xing Zhu, Chair, UW-Geography Dept
• Jamie Stoltenberg, Robinson Map Library
• James Robertson, Wis. Geological & Natural History Survey
• Jerry Mahun, Madison Area Technical College
• Ken Parsons, Dept. of Natural Resources
• Dick Vraga, U.S. Geological Survey
• Matt Kures, UWEX Center for Community Economic Dev.
• Steve Ventura, UW- Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility
• Don Dittmar, Waukesha County
• David Hart, UW-Sea Grant
• Ray Kumapayi, Dept. of Transportation
• John Ellingson, National Geodetic Survey / Dept. of Transportation
• Curtis Pulford, Geographic Information Officer

Minutes:

The minutes from the CSC meeting are available in Microsoft Word (*.doc) format by fiscal year.

2008	2007	2006	2005
Spring	Spring	Spring
			Summer
Fall	Fall	Fall	Fall
			Winter

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History of the CSC:

The CSC was formed in 1974 by John C. Weaver, President of the University of Wisconsin System. The initial meeting was held in March 1975. The chair and members were appointed by the Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 consisting of representatives from:

• Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Department of Geography
• Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey
• One "at large" representative with an interest in mapping from the UW System
• Department of Administration
• Department of Natural Resources
• Department of Transportation

In 1982, members have been appointed by the Dean of L&S to three-year renewable terms at their departments discretion.

Past CSC Members:

Amundson, John, Dane County (1996-1998)
Blaska, Mike, Exe. Dir., WLIB (replaced King) (1998-2004)
Bohn, Mike, DNR (replaced Tessar) (1998-2004)
Brinkman, Wally, chair, Geography Dept. (replaced Vale) (1994-1997)
Brockman, Ken, DOT (2002-2005)
Burt, Jim, chair, Geography Dept. (replaced Ostergren) (2000-2002)
Carlsen, Tom, DOT (replaced Holdridge) (1982-1988)
Clapp, Jim, CEE (1975-1977)
Corbin, Joseph, DNR (1975-1977)
Haverberg, John, DOT (replaced Carlsen) (1988-2002)
Hinds, David, Local Gov’t Center (replaced Schten) (1993-1995)
Holdridge, Robert (Bob), DOT (replaced Schultz) (1980-1982)
King, Doug, Exe. Dir., WLIB (replaced Laub) (1996-1998)
Krauskopf, Tom, DOA (replaced Miller) (1984-2003)
Laub, John, WLIB (1991-1996)
Law, Chuck, Local Gov’t Center (replaced Hinds) (1995-2002)
Lillesand, Tom, ERSC (1983-2005)
Marsh, Dale, DNR (replaced Joe Corbin) (1978-1995)
Mezera, David, CEE (replaced Wolf) (1988-2002)
Miller, Al, DOA (1975-1984)
Mockert, Dave, DOA (2005-2007)
Morrison, Joel, Cartographic Laboratory/Geography Dept. (1975-1982)
Moyer, D. David, NGS/DOT (2002-2007) Muehrcke, Phil, (replaced Robinson), Geography Dept. (1981-1998)
Ostergren, Bob, chair, Geography Dept. (replaced Brinkman) (1997-2000)
Ostrom, Meredith (Buzz), WG&NHS (1975-1991)
Reinhardt, Juergen, State Geologist, WG&NHS (1991)
Robinson, Arthur (Robbi) H., Chair, Geography Dept. (1975-1981)
Schten, Edward, Dept. of Gov’t Affairs (1991-1993)
Schultz, Vernon (Vern), DOT (1975-1979)
Tessar, Paul, DNR (replaced Marsh) (1991-1998)
Vale, Tom, Geog. Dept. Chair, (1991-1994)
Ventura, Steve (replaced Lillesand for 2 yrs) (1998-2001)
Vraga, Dick, USGS (2004-present)
Wolf, Paul, CEE (replaced Jim Clapp) (1978-1988)
Woodward, David, chair (replaced Muehrcke) (1998-2002)

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