Yesterday, in a press release, Governor Scott Walker announced the availability of a new statewide mapping application to help outdoor enthusiasts locate over a million acres of private land that is potentially available for public access under Wisconsin's Managed Forest Law (MFL) tax status.

In the public sector, governments administer and make policy through the creation of and maintenance of land records that are associated with a parcel of land. Thus the parcel is often the basic administrative unit of local government.  In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP) has been a key source of funding facilitating ever more complete digital parcel mapping at the county level. Many Wisconsin counties have completed county-wide parcel mapping and are focused on continued maintenance and updating best...

Plat books make use of the Public Land Survey System to represent land ownership patterns on a county-by-county basis. They are a convenient reference for local governments, private realty, surveying companies, and the general public. Commercial plat books for Wisconsin are generally prepared by private map publishing companies in conjunction with county governments. However, many Wisconsin counties have begun to produce and update the...

Wisconsin Dept. of Regulation & Licensing Information on laws, rules, policies, licensing, services, and resources Wisconsin Organizations: WSLS (Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors) WCSA (Wisconsin County Surveyors Association): contact Kathy Swingle, WCSA Secretary MASC (Madison Area...