History strikes again
September 15, 2003
In this continuing series of retrospectives, my pattern is to look back ten and twenty-five years to see what was happening in Wisconsin mapping.
Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News
Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
Bulletin and library reflect broader trends
After twenty-nine years as a printed periodical, it will be replaced this fall by a redesigned digital version.
National/state/local GIS issues get attention
As we’re about to go to press, I have some last-minute items gleaned from the recent NSGIC conference in Nashville.
Aerial and satellite photo options expanding
Over the past decade digital aerial images have become the basemap de rigueur for a geographic information system (GIS).
WI Historical Society’s Map Archives
With thousands of maps, atlases, and plat books, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) map archives are a treasure trove, one of the key caches of our state’s rich mapping heritage.
Historical Info. Mapped Online
In the midst of efforts to continue, expand, and preserve their collections with ever-shrinking resources, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) recently launched the Wisconsin Archaeological and Historical Resources Database (WisAHRD) website.
Geospatial One-Stop Portal
Look! there’s a new federal web portal dedicated to maps and geospatial information.
Norman Anderson and Arthur Robinson
Interview with Norman Anderson and Arthur Robinson about founding of SCO.
SCO lands grant projects
Over most of the next year, the State Cartographer’s Office will be working on two grant-supported projects designed to develop several cutting-edge applications.
SCO staff changes and grows
We were sorry to see Ana Rumm leave the office over the summer.