Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

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

WIGICC working groups formed

June 17, 2011

WIGICC (Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council) has formed several new working groups.

Former student’s maps highlighted in congressional research report

Matt Bloch, a former Geography student at UW-Madison and student assistant in the State Cartographer’s Office, recently had his interactive mapping application highlighted in a report by the Congressional Research Service.

GIS Center opens at UW-Whitewater

June 2, 2011

A new GIS Center on the UW-Whitewater campus will provide businesses and organizations with new ways to reach customers and strengthen their operations.

Wisconsin welcomes new crop of GIS/cartography professors

May 25, 2011

Several new professors with expertise in GIS and cartography have recently joined Wisconsin’s university community.

USGS hosts inaugural National Map Users Conference

May 24, 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey put on an impressive show for 400+ attendees at their conference designed to connect with users of The National Map.

Statewide 18-inch imagery available this summer

May 20, 2011

New imagery dataset developed from 2010 WROC flights expected to be online by mid to late July.

New Geospatial Revolution video now available

Latest video in the Geospatial Revolution series focuses on monitoring global climate change, preventing famine, tracking disease and mapping communities never before seen on a map.geospatial_revolution_stacked

2011 NACIS conference to be held in Madison in October

April 27, 2011

NACIS (the North American Cartographic Information Society) will hold its annual conference in Madison on October 12-14, 2011.

Cartography-inspired art exhibit opens in Madison

A new exhibit at the James Watrous Gallery in Madison features unique map-inspired art.  

Madison firm to market geo-enabled health technology

April 21, 2011

 A Madison firm is scheduled to release a GPS-enabled asthma inhaler that promises to improve understanding of disease triggers.