Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

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

Cartography-inspired art exhibit opens in Madison

April 27, 2011

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.

Iowa Geographic Information Council hosts 2011 conference

April 18, 2011

Over 150 geospatial professionals gathered in Dubuque, Iowa, last week for the Tenth Biennial Iowa Geographic Information Council conference.

Census TIGER attempts to tame school districts

April 8, 2011

One of the more common questions we get at the SCO is “Where do I find ‘the’ school district map of Wisconsin?” The answer is more complicated than you might think.

Cohen joins city of Madison

April 1, 2011

Longtime Wisconsinite tapped to lead City of Madison GIS operations.

2011 UW-Madison geospatial summit

Faculty, staff, and students at UW-Madison are coming together on April 28th to discuss state-of-the-art geospatial projects happening on campus.

Upcoming workshops showcase new redistricting tool

March 4, 2011

Six workshops scheduled during the first two weeks of April will introduce attendees to the new “WISE-LR” online web mapping application for local redistricting. Roadshow_Map_120px

Third installment of Geospatial Revolution now online

Latest video in the Geospatial Revolution series focuses on  military and public safety applications of geospatial information technologies.

ASPRS conference coming to Milwaukee

March 3, 2011

The national meeting of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing is expected to draw over 1,200 geospatial professionals to our region during the first week of May 2011.

Wisconsin historic aerial photographs now available online

February 23, 2011

The Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder was officially rolled out at the Wisconsin Land Information Association conference in Madison last week.