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June 6th National Day of Civic Hacking brings together GIS, programmers, open data & citizen interests

Appleton and Milwaukee are participating in Code for America’s nationwide Hack for Change event.  The focus this year is on 21st Century Government.

New Wisconsin Geographic Information Officer announced

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has announced that Jim Giglierano will be the state’s new Geographic Information Officer.

Details set for Bill Huxhold retirement gathering

Mark your calendars, an icon of Wisconsin land information is retiring! Join Bill’s friends and colleagues on May 21st to honor his distinguished career.

Wisconsin municipal GIS group seeks input

Respond to an online survey by May 22nd if you are interested in municipal GIS issues.

Czechanski passes away on March 30

“Cz” was a longtime Cartographer at the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and former supervisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab.

Huxhold to be be honored on May 21st

An icon of Wisconsin land information is planning to retire later this spring.

WLIA map competition winners use diversity of mapping software

WLIA map competition winners and the software used to create their winning compositions.

Coalition of geospatial organizations urges improvements to National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Coalition of Geospatial Organizations’ (COGO) Report Card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) highlighted at news briefing.

Changes to the GISP Certification process announced

The process for GISP certification will change effective July 1, 2015.

Wisconsin Geospatial Strategy Working Group publishes report

Group seeks comments on first draft of “A Geospatial Vision for Wisconsin.”