June 21st luncheon will include speakers and a tour of the Aerometric Inc. hangar.

Digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from LiDAR data are now available for some Wisconsin counties on WisconsinView.

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! Public access to LiDAR elevation data is becoming a reality in Wisconsin, with the first datasets slated to go online early in 2013. This effort was led by team made up of members from WisconsinView, the Wisconsin Department of...

Check out this new map of Wisconsin county LiDAR projects.

The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment (NEEA) has just been completed.

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! Wisconsin is currently participating in a national survey that seeks to gather requirements for applications of high-resolution elevation data. The survey, known as the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment (NEEA) is a joint...

Jeff DuMez, GIS/LIO coordinator for the Brown County Planning and Land Services Department, was recently recognized by the Brown County Home Builders Association for Brown County's 2010 LiDAR project.

Two grant opportunities could fund a significant amount of LiDAR acquisitions in Wisconsin next year.

Wisconsinites willing to take a short trip to the west may be interested in some upcoming ArcGIS and LiDAR workshops happening in Minnesota. (Update: LiDAR workshop date changed to June 6.)  

An article by the La Crosse Tribune on a new spatial dataset yields some very interesting reader comments.