How to change the batteries in your conductivity meter

It’s nothing like changing the batteries in your remote!

Renaming Denali and the Gulf of Mexico

A (very) brief interpretation of President Trump’s recent Executive Order.

The Strange Case of the Galena and Fever Rivers

One river. Two different names.

SCO Hosts OFS Conservation Academy Crew for GIS Training

Part of a community-based research grant from Water@UW-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of the Provost.

Preserving the Integrity of Statewide Parcel Data under the New Judicial Privacy Law (Part I)

Protecting the inherent value of owner name information and the public’s right to know.

Preparing Your Esri Data for the New National Spatial Reference System

Get ready for the new NSRS in 2026 by properly transforming your Esri data.

SCO 2023-24 Annual Report Now Available

See what we’ve been up to over the last year!

Federal Register Notice Announces New Timeline for NSRS Modernization

The modernized National Spatial Reference System is expected to be approved in 2025 or 2026.

The SCO Turns Fifty!

The driving force behind the creation of the SCO was Professor Arthur H. Robinson, a faculty member in the Department of Geography.

New Project Will Monitor and Map Chloride Levels in Starkweather Creek

A new community-based partnership focuses on chloride contamination in the Starkweather Creek watershed on Madison’s east side.