Wisconsin to achieve statewide publicly available LiDAR coverage in 2023
April 21, 2023
By this fall, all 72 Wisconsin counties will have QL1 or QL2 LiDAR obtained through the US Geological Survey’s 3DEP LiDAR program.
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Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms
March 23, 2023
Your input is needed on a proposal to reclassify 31 “cartographic phantoms” found on maps of Wisconsin.
Wood County Seeks Proposals for new County Highway Transportation Project Plat
March 17, 2023
Wood County, Wisconsin is seeking proposals for contracted services of a Professional Land Surveyor licensed in the State of Wisconsin.
Elza receives WLIA Emerging Leader Award
March 4, 2023
Hayden Elza, GIS Developer with the State Cartographer’s Office, was honored with an Emerging Leader Award at the 2023 Wisconsin Land Information Association Annual Conference.
Interested in Flood Risk Mapping? Take Our Brief Survey!
March 2, 2023
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Esri’s Joseph Kerski to Address Students, Staff and Faculty at UW-Madison
January 24, 2023
Dr. Joseph Kerski, Education Manager and Geographer at Esri, will visit UW-Madison on Feb. 21, 2023, to do a presentation and meet with students.
A Final Farewell to the US Survey Foot?
December 21, 2022
Ring out the old, ring in the new! As midnight approaches this New Year’s Eve, don’t forget to say farewell to the US survey foot. Or maybe hold off for a year or two.
Next Generation 911 Biennial Report Released
December 15, 2022
On December 6th, 2022 the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), and 9-1-1 Subcommittee made publicly available the 2020-22 Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Biennial report. This report, due to the …
V8 Statewide Parcel Database & E4 Statewide PLSS Database Available
December 12, 2022
In the second half of 2022, The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) released updated versions of the Statewide Parcel Database (V8) and the Statewide PLSS Database (E4). Both statewide databases …
Remembering Frank Thousand
November 7, 2022
We are deeply saddened to learn of the November 3rd, 2022 death of Francis “Frank” Thousand. Frank served as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS) from 2007 until June of 2022 …