A statewide GPS land survey for the record books?
March 18, 2010
The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors will kick off National Surveyor’s Week with a potentially record-setting GPS survey project on March 20th.
Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News
Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
Wisconsin Department of Commerce LiDAR grants announced
February 16, 2010
$3 million offered to counties in southern Wisconsin for LiDAR data acquisitions in 2010.
Mockert joins GeoDecisions
February 12, 2010
Former Wisconsin GIO takes on new role as a senior business development manager with GeoDecisions in Madison.
U.S. National Grid expert to speak at WLIA
February 8, 2010
Talbot Brooks, the country’s foremost expert on the U.S. National Grid "geoaddressing" system, is conducting a day-long workshop at the WLIA Annual Conference in Appleton, WI on February 24, 2010.
New UW project will develop a Wisconsin Coastal Atlas
January 7, 2010
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is sponsoring a new project at UW-Madison that will develop a geospatial data portal for coastal areas in Wisconsin.
Halfen honored by UW-Eau Claire
Fred Halfen, Vice President of Ayres Associates and a longtime advocate for the Wisconsin geospatial community, receives a Lifetime Excellence Award from his alma mater.
WROC state and federal partnerships top $1.1 million
December 21, 2009
A recent funding boost will create a statewide 18-inch imagery product, and also help reduce costs for other WROC participants.
New state project will use GIS to fight agro-terrorism
December 17, 2009
Thanks to a federal grant, the WI Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection will develop a GIS-based tool called “TIGER” to map and track contaminated food in the event of a terrorist attack.
UW-Madison geospatial consortium unveils new Web site
Check out the new “SIAC” site to learn more about geospatial activities on the UW-Madison campus.
New Natural Earth map product has significant Madison influences
December 15, 2009
A gorgeous new global map dataset available at 1:10 million, 1:50 million, and 1:110 million scales received considerable support and guidance from many folks in the Madison-area.