The 2013-14 Official Wisconsin Highway Map is now available
Project Manager Greg Allord highlights some interesting Wisconsin connections to a major USGS initiative.
Over 2,800 historic maps of Wisconsin available in GeoPDF format for free.
General Statistics Based on the 2010 census, the population of Wisconsin is 5,686,986 compared to the 2000 population of 5,363,675 (6.0% change.) The area of Wisconsin is 54,375 square miles or 34.8 million acres. The area extent includes the inland water bodies but excludes parts of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River that fall within the state boundary. Wisconsin is 26th of the 50 states in land...
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
Quick Links 2008 Bicycling Guide Wisconsin Bicycle Map County Bike Maps The League of American Bicyclists recently...
SCUBA Diving Ship Wreck Maps Quick Links UW Sea Grant Institute State Historical Society of WI DNR Lake Maps The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW)...
U.S. Geological Survey Quick Links USGS Maps WGNHS Topographic Maps Page Magnetic Declination The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces 1:100,000-scale county maps for each of the 72 counties in Wisconsin. These maps show topographic features including...
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...
Quick Links Wisconsin DNR Lakes Page Mapping Specialists Lake Maps Fishing Hot Spots Lake Maps Sportsman's Connection
We offer a variety of digital outline maps for use in various graphics, illustration, or office software. The map graphics available for download have been derived from several common layers of digital GIS data. All of the statewide GIS data layers used were processed by state agencies and exist in the Wisconsin Transverse Mercator coordinate system. Of the formats below, Adobe PDF files are generally best for printing. Each of the...
Quick Links U.S. Census Bureau school district reference maps Article: "Census TIGER attempts to tame school districts" One of the more common questions we get at the SCO is “Where do I find ‘the’ school district map of Wisconsin?” The reality is the majority of the 426 school districts in the state don’t have a...
Quick Links WI DNR Trail Info Wisconsin ATV Guide WI ATV Association Wisconsin has over 1,800 miles...
Quick Links Wisconsin Department of Transportation Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey There are several sources for Wisconsin County Maps. Below we have included some information and links to pertinent map sources. Wisconsin Department of Transportation The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) produces county maps in a digital and paper format at a 1:100,000 scale. Each map displays...
Quick Links Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs There are more than 25,000 miles of top-quality trails that link every corner of the state. The trails are well marked and methodically groomed by hundreds of snowmobile clubs. A
Quick Links WHAIFinder - Download 1930's Wisconsin Aerial Photography Bicycle trails Lake and lake depth maps Downloadable Wisconsin outline maps While the SCO is not a map production facility and we...
In response to the need for updated topographic maps, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed a national map series called the US Topo.
Check out a cool new map recently published by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
The U.S. Geological Survey will release the next generation of digital topographic maps for Wisconsin in the summer of 2010 as part of their new "US Topo" product line.
Wisconsin may be in line for statewide 1-meter resolution digital orthophoto coverage sooner than expected due to a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Imagery from the 2008 Wisconsin National Agriculture Imagery Program is now becoming available for download from the USDA Geospatial Data Gateway.
One-foot resolution color imagery acquired in 2007 of the Milwaukee area is now available from the WisconsinView.org Web site.
The procedure for getting "on the map" is guided by several practical policies set by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. What are they?
Wisconsin is one of 16 states identified by USDA as a “top priority” for imagery acquisition in 2008.
Nineteen of the state’s 72 counties have undergone revised floodplain mapping, with preliminary maps to be unveiled to the public this fall.
While there is no single “best” source we can suggest, there are a number of options you can explore.
Digital soils maps are now complete statewide
This striking, full-color aerial view of the UW-Madison campus is now priced to move!
The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin library system now provides online access to the original notebooks and plat maps from the first land survey of Wisconsin.
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