Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

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

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 …

National Geodetic Survey Provides Update for Completing State Plane Coordinate System 2022 Redesign

December 9, 2021

The National Geodetic Survey has provided another update for completing the design of the State Plane Coordinate System 2022.

Statewide 2020 Block-Level Census Data Now Available on Geodata@Wisconsin

December 2, 2021

A statewide layer of 2020 census redistricting data for over 200,000 blocks is now available on Geodata@Wisconsin.

E3 Statewide PLSS Database Now Available

November 30, 2021

The State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) and Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) are pleased to announce the release of the statewide E3 PLSS database, which was created as a sub-project of the greater Version 7 Statewide …