Members of the Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council handled several important business items at their December 17th meeting in Green Bay, in addition to developing criteria for identifying high-impact projects to tackle in the coming months.
The Great Lakes Forum brings together federal, state, local, and private-sector representatives to discuss the federal program to improve elevation data throughout the region.
The interim Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council hosted a kick-off meeting of a dynamic, statewide stakeholder meeting at the end of October.
After many months of negotiations, a deal that affects state and local Environmental Systems Research Institute purchases is finally signed, sealed, and delivered.
A well-known leader in the Wisconsin geospatial community announces his retirement, and the search begins for the next State Cartographer.
The interim Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council met for the first time on September 23, 2008. Over the next two years, WIGICC will serve as the primary forum and coordinating body for geographic information and technology in the state of Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin Regional Orthophotography Consortium is reaching out to gain widespread participation in a 2010 regional orthoimagery project. Check out their new Web site.
The next major event for the Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council is a “Network” meeting scheduled for October 28th in Appleton.
