Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

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

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.

SCO proposes development of a statewide digital basemap

The SCO is proposing to develop a statewide cartographic database for small- and mid-scale mapping.

Problems with Wisconsin NAIP leads to reprocessing

February 21, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Photography Field Office is currently in the process of correcting some color issues with the statewide National Agriculture Imagery Program data collected over Wisconsin in 2010. 

Wisconsin activities highlighted in national surveying publication

February 15, 2011

Point of Beginning magazine recently highlighted the efforts of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Geodetic Surveys Unit.

SCO receives FGDC funding for statewide orthophotography planning

February 11, 2011

A new project planned to begin in the fall of 2011 will identify lessons learned in past Wisconsin orthophotography projects, and then develop a blueprint for a sustainable program that further simplifies imagery acquisitions in Wisconsin.