SCO Services During COVID-19 Pandemic
The State Cartographer’s Office is continuing operations, but staff are working from remote locations as directed by UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank. During this time our responsiveness to phone calls and email may be slightly delayed. Thanks for your patience!
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More NewsMadison, Wisconsin: A View from the Eighteen Nineties
View an interactive photographic panorama of Madison from the late 1890s taken from the Capitol dome.
Participate in GPS on Benchmarks Program
The National Geodetic Survey is asking surveyors to collect GPS observations to improve the accuracy of the new National Spatial Reference System.
Explore our new Public Land Survey System Locator app
Do you need to know where you are in the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) network?
SAGIC Selects GeoData@Wisconsin for Cross-Agency Data Access
The State Agency Geospatial Information Committee (SAGIC) is now partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to provide enhanced access to geospatial data produced by Wisconsin state agencies. Using GeoData@Wisconsin, data consumers may now search state for …
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This Land is Your Land
The SCO hosted a one-day forum entitled "This Land is Your Land" in Darlington, WI, on April 18, 2019. Participants learned about the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) and had a hands-on opportunity to learn about different types of survey equipment.

2019 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit is a Wrap
On November 4, 2019, the SCO, Geography's GIS Professional Programs and the Nelson Institute's Environmental Observation and Informatics Program jointly sponsored a day-long Geospatial Summit.
