Chipman off to Dartmouth
October 16, 2007
Longtime UW-Madison remote sensing scientist Jonathon Chipman recently accepted a position at Dartmouth University.
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Halbrook heads east to VELOCITIE
Lee Halbrook, formerly with the City of Wausau, is now a Senior Consultant with VELOCITIE Integration, Inc. of Green Bay.
NAIP telecon October 30th
October 15, 2007
Larry Cutforth with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service agency in Madison is hosting a teleconference to discuss next steps in a potential 2008 National Agriculture Imagery Program orthoimagery project in Wisconsin.
Former Wyoming governor to speak in Madison
Jim Geringer, former governor of Wyoming from 1995 to 2003 and the current Director of policy and public sector strategy for ESRI, will speak October 24th on the role of geographically-referenced information in making better decisions.
Madison hosts 2007 NSGIC meeting
For five days in late September, Madison was host to GIS leaders from the across the country.
Digital Wetlands now part of DNR Web mapping tool
The Surface Water Data Viewer provides a window into Wisconsin DNR water-related data holdings, including the Wisconsin Wetlands Inventory.
Festival of Maps opens in November
October 3, 2007
Chicago is playing host to a city-wide celebration to advance the knowledge of mapping and inspire an appreciation for the field of cartography.
Emergency management and open records on tap for WLIA
The Wisconsin Land Information Association heads to Sheboygan on November 1-2 for their next regional meeting.
Children and citizens voice their concerns through GIS
September 13, 2007
Many organizations use GIS tools to inform citizens about the environment, pollution and help them understand planning decisions in a one-way outreach model. However, researchers Sam Dennis and Suzanne Gulocher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking a unique approach by geographically positioning or geolocating qualitative data collected by citizens to help shape and inform political decisions.
Calling all amateur airphoto interpreters
September 12, 2007
Google Earth and Amazon’s “Human Intelligence Task” site are now aiding in the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett.