Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would limit the use of aerial drones in Wisconsin.
The team of AeroMetric and Ayres Associates is once again selected to provide services for the 2015 Wisconsin Regional Orthophotography Consortium.
A new poster produced by the SCO uses historic aerial photography to show how the UW–Madison campus has changed over time (cost $10 - makes a great gift).
This 30" x 20" poster, produced by the SCO, uses historic aerial photography to show how the UW–Madison campus has changed over time. The poster blends a modern color photograph from July 2, 2010, with a black-and-white...
We had a lot of great discussions at our imagery user meetings held last week at several locations around the state. If you couldn't make one of the meetings, there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved in the Wisconsin Aerial Imagery Business Plan project.
Join us at one of five locations from September 24-28 to discuss the future of aerial imagery in Wisconsin.
A recent study by the SCO examines the effectiveness of online maps for meeting community outreach goals.
Help us complete the first major step in developing a statewide aerial imagery business plan.
A belated congratulations is due to Ayres Associates for taking home a "Best of State" Engineering Excellence award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin.
New SCO-led project seeks to gather input from the Wisconsin geospatial community on past orthoimagery projects, and develop a business plan that makes incremental improvements to the current situation.
The National Park Service recently completed work on generating 72 individual county mosaics from a statewide set of 18-inch imagery produced by the 2010 Wisconsin Regional Orthoimagery Consortium project.
An ambitious national program funded by Microsoft and Digital Globe recently wrapped up flights over Wisconsin.
Please join us for a ceremony honoring The Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin, A Digital Archive of Historic Aerial Photographs, a UW-sponsored project picked for the Governor's Award for Archival Innovation.
Quick Links WHAIFinder - View and download 1930's Wisconsin aerial photography WI Catalog of Aerial Photography - Search for aerial photography (1930's to present) WisconsinView Imagery Downloads
Two much-anticipated statewide imagery datasets are now available from the WisconsinView.org data portal.
The "Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin" project, under which the Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder was developed, has been awarded the 2011 Governor's Award for Archival Innovation.
This paper describes an effort to build a digital archive and web-based retrieval system for historic air photos for the state of Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has an extensive collection of historic air photos, including a rare 1937-1941 collection that covers almost the entire...
The “WHAIFinder” digital archive of historic aerial imagery provides quick and easy access to over 38,000 digital aerial photographs covering the entire state of Wisconsin. (Published January 2012)
This Infosheet summarizes our Federal Geographic Data Committee Cooperative Agreements Program project that will identify lessons learned from past Wisconsin orthophotography projects, and then develop a blueprint for a sustainable program that further simplifies imagery acquisitions in Wisconsin. (Updated January...
Quick Links SCO Jobs Upcoming Wisconsin Geospatial Events Coordinate Reference Systems Below you will find links to interesting and informative information for GIS professionals. The links are categorized under five main headings. We welcome links to additional websites that provide Wisconsin GIS data, or other information...
(Completed February, 2011) WHAIFinder (the Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder) is an online application designed to facilitate access to a collection of 1937-1941 aerial photographs covering the state of Wisconsin. WHAIFinder was developed collaboratively by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office, the Robinson Map Library and the University of Wisconsin Digital...
(September 2011 - February 2013) In 2011, the State Cartographer's Office received funding through the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) for a project entitled "Business Plan Development for a Wisconsin Aerial Imaging Program." The project is examining existing models used to manage orthophotography projects in the state, and based on considerable community input, analyze the lessons learned from these past projects. The expected outcome is a formal...
About "Hot Topics" A "Hot Topic" is an issue we judge to be of considerable importance to geospatial professionals in Wisconsin. Our goal is to make this space a quick place to go when you want to know the latest on these major issues. Please mail us your ideas for Hot Topics! During the late spring of 2012, the State Cartographer's Office began work on a Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) project entitled "Business Plan Development for a Wisconsin Aerial Imaging...
New imagery dataset developed from 2010 WROC flights expected to be online by mid to late July.
As we gather feedback on the current catalog, we will post Frequently Asked Questions here. In the meantime we've provided information on the aerial indexes as well as field definitions for the catalog records. Historical aerial photography index maps and photomosaic indices For collections housed at the Robinson Map Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the aerial photo indices are available online to aid in the selection of the proper flight-line and exposure number(s) needed to cover the area of interest. These indices show flight-line and exposure numbers on either base map or photo-mosaic,...
The Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder provides free online access to over 38,000 aerial photographs of Wisconsin from 1937-41. These photographs were originally acquired by the US Department of Agriculture. As part of a three-year project funded by the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, these photographs were scanned, indexed, and made web-accessible through a map-based interface. These photographs are available for download by any user without fee or use restrictions. Collaborators on the...
Step 1: Navigate to your location of interest. Type an address, place name, or geographic...
The Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder was officially rolled out at the Wisconsin Land Information Association conference in Madison last week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Photography Field Office is currently in the process of correcting some color issues with the statewide National Agriculture Imagery Program data collected over Wisconsin in 2010.
MrSID-format mosaics are now available as a free download for all 72 Wisconsin counties.
