Tagged As: Jim Lacy

Halfen honored by UW-Eau Claire

Fred Halfen, Vice President of Ayres Associates and a longtime advocate for the Wisconsin geospatial community, receives a Lifetime Excellence Award from his alma mater.

WROC state and federal partnerships top $1.1 million

A recent funding boost will create a statewide 18-inch imagery product, and also help reduce costs for other WROC participants.

New state project will use GIS to fight agro-terrorism

Thanks to a federal grant, the WI Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection will develop a GIS-based tool called “TIGER” to map and track contaminated food in the event of a terrorist attack.

UW-Madison geospatial consortium unveils new Web site

Check out the new “SIAC” site to learn more about geospatial activities on the UW-Madison campus.

New Natural Earth map product has significant Madison influences

A gorgeous new global map dataset available at 1:10 million, 1:50 million, and 1:110 million scales received considerable support and guidance from many folks in the Madison-area.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security needs your feedback

In cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) recently put together two surveys aimed at improving two federal geospatial programs.

New topo maps in the works for Wisconsin

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.

Lio-tech listserv now doa-landinfo

The address of the defacto Wisconsin GIS  mailing list recently changed.

More LiDAR coming to Wisconsin in 2010?

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

Census Boundary and Annexation Survey underway

The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) to update their records regarding changes to legal boundaries, names, and governmental status of all governmental units.