Chicago museum hosts impressive mapping exhibition

In November, State Cartographer Ted Koch had the opportunity to walk through one of the most remarkable displays of historic maps to occur in this country for quite some time. The exhibit runs through January 27, 2008.

Pulford named GIO

Curtis Pulford will take the reigns as Wisconsin’s new Geographic Information Officer effective December 23. 

USGS and FGDC announce 2008 NSDI funding program

The longstanding Cooperative Agreement Program aims to improve infrastructure necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage and use digital geographic data.

Chipman off to Dartmouth

Longtime UW-Madison remote sensing scientist Jonathon Chipman recently accepted a position at Dartmouth University.

Halbrook heads east to VELOCITIE

Lee Halbrook, formerly with the City of Wausau, is now a Senior Consultant with VELOCITIE Integration, Inc. of Green Bay.

NAIP telecon October 30th

Larry Cutforth with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service agency in Madison is hosting a teleconference to discuss next steps in a potential 2008 National Agriculture Imagery Program orthoimagery project in Wisconsin.

Former Wyoming governor to speak in Madison

Jim Geringer, former governor of Wyoming from 1995 to 2003 and the current Director of policy and public sector strategy for ESRI, will speak October 24th on the role of geographically-referenced information in making better decisions.

Madison hosts 2007 NSGIC meeting

For five days in late September, Madison was host to GIS leaders from the across the country.

Digital Wetlands now part of DNR Web mapping tool

The Surface Water Data Viewer provides a window into Wisconsin DNR water-related data holdings, including the Wisconsin Wetlands Inventory.

Festival of Maps opens in November

Chicago is playing host to a city-wide celebration to advance the knowledge of mapping and inspire an appreciation for the field of cartography.