Study of Washington Island settlement history now available online
November 13, 2015
A study of the settlement history of Washington Island, Wisconsin, by Will Craig and colleagues is now available as an SCO publication.
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Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
2015 NAIP imagery coming soon
Imagery data from the National Agriculture Imagery Program are expected to be available from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway within the next month.
Inaugural Meeting of Wisconsin Land Information Council Held in Oshkosh
November 3, 2015
Details of the first meeting of the the newly created Wisconsin Land Information Council.
Geoprocessing tools now available to assist in submitting data to the Wisconsin Parcel Initiative
The SCO has released a suite of ArcPy tools to handle the most common hurdles to parcel data submission.
Amendment made to comprehensive planning bill
October 23, 2015
Update to Senate bill eliminates language that implies $2 million could be removed from the Wisconsin Land Information Program.
Legislation targeting comprehensive planning may have unintended consequences for the WLIP
October 15, 2015
Politics associated with the longstanding and sometimes controversial “smart growth” initiative in Wisconsin may once again threaten to remove $2 million from the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP).
Wiscland 2 project moves on to map creation
October 7, 2015
The fieldwork season has wrapped up and the Wiscland 2 team is now making maps! Between the beginning of June and end of August, DNR field crews gathered over 16,000 additional sample points representing the current land cover of our state.
Application period now open for the first series of GISP exams
September 30, 2015
The first “Geospatial Core Technical Knowledge Exams” now required for GISP certification will be offered November 12-17, 2015.
WLIA starts municipal GIS discussion group
September 11, 2015
New online/e-mail group seeks to improve communications between municipal GIS stakeholders in Wisconsin.
UAVs, LiDAR and ash tree detection on tap for meeting in Madison
September 10, 2015
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Western Great Lakes Region is sponsoring a gathering of geospatial professionals on the afternoon of September 22nd.