2015 Wisconsin County Health Rankings maps and statistics released
April 14, 2015
The sixth annual County Health Rankings have been released.
Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News
Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
Help celebrate the history of cartography on April 25th
April 10, 2015
Join the University of Wisconsin and Friends of the Libraries as they honor the award-winning History of Cartography project and the forthcoming release of Cartography in the Twentieth Century.
Czechanski passes away on March 30
April 8, 2015
“Cz” was a longtime Cartographer at the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and former supervisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab.
Landsat timelapse of Wisconsin’s fastest growing city (and other ways to kill some time)
April 7, 2015
Website lets users visualize landsape change anywhere on Earth based on 30 years of Landsat imagery.
Huxhold to be be honored on May 21st
April 6, 2015
An icon of Wisconsin land information is planning to retire later this spring.
University of Wisconsin teams to collaborate on historic Wisconsin map database project
April 3, 2015
Three teams from the University of Wisconsin are collaborating on a project to explore user needs for a digital map database of Wisconsin derived from General Land Office (GLO) surveyors’ notes made between 1830 and 1865.
Horton and Mertes contribute to article on urbanization
SCO staffers Josephine (Jo) Horton and Carly Mertes contributed to an article published March 3, 2015 in the journal Environmental Research Letters
Dr. Nick Chrisman to discuss land records modernization in Wisconsin at 2015 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit
April 2, 2015
Chrisman’s keynote address is entitled, “Carrying through on the promise: Lessons from protoype efforts in Wisconsin thirty years ago.”
From the SCO vault: The mapping of Wisconsin since 1832
A 1985 Mapping Bulletin article on the history of topographic mapping in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin lawmakers consider UAV technology
March 27, 2015
Committee on Jobs and the Economy hears testimony on how unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology could affect Wisconsin’s economy.