Wisconsin Geospatial News

June 6th National Day of Civic Hacking brings together GIS, programmers, open data & citizen interests

May 27, 2015

Appleton and Milwaukee are participating in Code for America’s nationwide Hack for Change event. The focus this year is on 21st Century Government.

Survey Earth in a Day 4D

May 22, 2015

Global Surveying Event on the Solstice this Year

Call for participation in Wisconsin Historic Landscape project

Information on the dates and locations of a series of community forums for the Wisconsin Historic Landscape project.

2015 Wisconsin NAIP flights starting in June

May 19, 2015

Imagery acquisitions for the 2015 National Agriculture Imagery Program are scheduled to begin in Wisconsin around June 20th and run through the end of August.

New Wisconsin Geographic Information Officer announced

May 11, 2015

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has announced that Jim Giglierano will be the state’s new Geographic Information Officer.

Details set for Bill Huxhold retirement gathering

May 8, 2015

Mark your calendars, an icon of Wisconsin land information is retiring! Join Bill’s friends and colleagues on May 21st to honor his distinguished career.

Registration open for Wisconsin 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) public meeting on June 2, 2015

The US Geological Survey will hold a public meeting on June, 2015, in La Crosse to discuss potential high-resolution elevation data projects for the coming fiscal year.

Registration open for WLIA Spring Regional

May 7, 2015

Register now for the event happening in Eagle River on June 4th and 5th.

Final report on Surveying-Parcel Forum available

A final report on the March 12, 2015, Surveying-Parcel forum held at UW-Stevens Point is now available.

Information available on new geodetic datums to replace NAD 83 and NAVD 88 in 2022

May 4, 2015

The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has released presentations and webinar videos about the planned 2022 release of the new geodetic datums.