New version of DNR Garmin in the works
October 13, 2011
Developers hope to unveil version 6.0 in early 2012.
Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News
Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
Microsoft imagery acquisitions complete in Wisconsin
October 12, 2011
An ambitious national program funded by Microsoft and Digital Globe recently wrapped up flights over Wisconsin.
Legislative proposals affect Land Information Program funding
October 10, 2011
Proposed changes to Wisconsin’s comprehensive planning law would permanently divert $2 million away from the long-standing funding program used by counties to support local land information activities.
Mark your calendar for the 2012 WLIA Annual Conference
October 3, 2011
The 25th edition of the largest statewide geospatial conference is headed to Stevens Point on February 15th – 17th.
UW collaborators to be honored for online air photo archive
Please join us for a ceremony honoring The Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin, A Digital Archive of Historic Aerial Photographs, a UW-sponsored project picked for the Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation.
USGS historic map scanning project has strong Wisconsin ties
September 27, 2011
Project Manager Greg Allord highlights some interesting Wisconsin connections to a major USGS initiative.
GIS & Economic Development highlight WLIA’s Fall Meeting
September 19, 2011
The Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) will be hosting its fall meeting in Neenah, WI on October 27 & 28.
Thousands of historic topographic maps now available from USGS
September 16, 2011
Over 2,800 historic maps of Wisconsin available in GeoPDF format for free.
UW Geography staff featured during “Wednesday Nite at The Lab”
September 9, 2011
Tanya Buckingham (Assistant Director of the UW Cartography lab) and Jim Lacy (Associate State Cartographer) both spoke this summer during a weekly series at UW-Madison.
SCO annual report now available
September 6, 2011
Check out our accomplishments for our last fiscal year (July 2010 to June 2011), and our plans for the upcoming year.