Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.

Explore these Cartographic Phantoms near Elkhart Lake while attending the 2022 WLIA Conference

February 17, 2022

Join the quest to hunt down cartographic phantoms across the state, starting with these examples close to Elkhart Lake, the location of the 2022 Wisconsin Land Information Association Annual Conference.

How Big is a Degree?

January 21, 2022

Deconstructing a recent Apple Watch ad.

WEDC Seeks Proposals for Wisconsin Environmental Equity Tool Development

“WEET” will analyze and visualize data online specific to Wisconsin so government, tribal entities, community-based organizations, and the public can pinpoint our most impacted communities and better understand the environmental and health equity challenges they face.

Converting and Transforming Coordinates in the Modernized National Spatial Reference System

January 14, 2022

Converting coordinates in the new NSRS will require the use of several models, one to change the epoch and one to change the reference frame. In a recent publication, the National Geodetic Survey suggests this process could be achieved in one step.

Krueger Promoted to Vice President of Ayres Geospatial Division

January 6, 2022

Krueger is a certified photogrammetrist and GIS professional who joined Ayres in 2007 as a project manager.

Registration now open for Esri Midwest User Conference

January 4, 2022

Early-bird registration for the March event in Chicago runs through January 21.

Press Release: Continental Mapping is now Axim Geospatial

The Sun Prairie, WI company rebrands after acquiring TSG Solutions and GISinc.

Federal Government Takes Action to Eliminate Derogatory Toponyms

December 30, 2021

The US Department of the Interior has established new administrative bodies to replace derogatory geographic feature names.

Using Kinetic Energy to Place Satellites in Orbit

December 22, 2021

A new startup, SpinLaunch, hopes to catapult satellites in orbit by 2025 using a kinetic energy launch system.

New GIS User Group forming in Southwestern Wisconsin

December 10, 2021

A new GIS community of practice called the “Driftless Area GIS User Group” met for the first time in Viroqua on October 8th, 2021.  Moving forward, the group plans to meet 2-4 times per year …