Tagged As: Wisconsin Geospatial News

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

Local geographic data funding receives boost

December 29, 2005

Thanks to a recent decision from the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC), funding for local geographic data creation will receive a boost of nearly $7 million over the next three years.

Walworth County finishes PLSS remonumentation project

A project started in 1991 by Walworth county officials to relocate and mark all 2,679 section corners is capped off with a ceremony in September.

Mockert up for the challenge as new Geographic Information Officer

December 28, 2005

Sheboygan native returns to Wisconsin to help coordinate state GIS activities.

First Statewide Downloadable 1-meter Imagery

December 20, 2005

WisconsinView.org has published the USDA’s Wisconsin Farm Service Agency 2005 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The data are available free as 1-meter true-color aerial photography in couty-wide MrSID mosaics covering the entire state of Wisconsin. …

Draft street address data standard released for review

November 23, 2005

Proposal seeks to standardize the way in which addresses are stored by thousands of organizations nationwide.

New UW-ERSC research grant from NASA

November 21, 2005

ERSC awarded NASA grant to study lakes worldwide.

PSC announces Wireless 911 grants

November 18, 2005

Funding for GIS data included in county grants

NRCS to hold “Northwest-10” last acre ceremony

October 5, 2005

Last soil survey acre in Wisconsin will be followed by statewide soil mapping completion in 2006

GIS to the Rescue

September 30, 2005

It’s been a bad couple of months around the state and nation. How has GIS played a role in the response?

May 17th “Institution Building” workshop materials now online

FGDC-funded workshop conducted to build the case for better GIS coordination in Wisconsin.