New USDA service brings soil surveys to the web
February 28, 2006
The Web Soil Survey provides the same soil data previously available in print, now in an interactive online format.
Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News
Wisconsin geospatial news published by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office, Madison, WI.
SCO investigates web services delivery of Wisconsin geodetic control
Web Feature Services provide a new way to distribute and access spatial data.
USGS publishing to be coordinated from Madison
Longtime USGS employee Greg Allord now directing the national program.
National imagery plan garnering interest
Plan proposed by the National States Geographic Information Council would provide 100% federal funding for nationwide orthoimagery.
“Ramona” GIS inventory system announced
New tool developed by NSGIC will help inventory GIS data holdings of state, local, and tribal governments.
Lets put geography back in geospatial
I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time explaining to friends and neighbors what I do for a living. Why is it so hard to for me to remember that geography is fun?!
Fun With GPS
February 24, 2006
Donald Cooke’s book Fun with GPS is best summed up this way: a guy dreams up wacky uses for GPS, then tells the rest of us how he did it.
UW-Madison Cartographers Pull Together on New Campus Map Project
February 20, 2006
For almost 30 years, the campus map for UW-Madison has retained the same basic design– a distinct oblique perspective considered cutting-edge in 1977. However, times change, and the map used by thousands of campus visitors …