Registration open for 2025 PLSS Forum
April 14, 2025
The 2025 PLSS Forum will be held in Richland Center on Thursday, May 15.
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Jackson County Adjusted County Coordinate System
August 5, 2024
Jackson County has an adjusted version of the WISCRS projection that has been in use since 2011. The definitions for the adjusted WISCRS projection and the official WISCRS projection (published in SCO’s “Wisconsin Coordinate Reference Systems” handbook) are very similar. Differences are highlighted in red. Adjusted Projection [1] Official Projection [2] Base Reference System NAD…
A Final Farewell to the US Survey Foot?
December 21, 2022
Ring out the old, ring in the new! As midnight approaches this New Year’s Eve, don’t forget to say farewell to the US survey foot. Or maybe hold off for a year or two.
Bryan Meyer to discuss importance of PLSS at Wisconsin Counties Association Meeting
July 21, 2021
Bryan Meyer, La Crosse County Surveyor, will deliver a presentation about the importance and value of the Public Land Survey System at the Wisconsin Counties Association Annual Meeting in La Crosse on September 27, 2021.
Participate in GPS on Benchmarks Program
November 24, 2020
The National Geodetic Survey is asking surveyors to collect GPS observations to improve the accuracy of the new National Spatial Reference System.
WSRS2022 submits letter to NGS requesting policy exceptions
August 16, 2019
The Wisconsin Spatial Reference System 2022 Task Force has submitted a letter to the National Geodetic Survey requesting exceptions to NGS’s policy regarding the modernization of the State Plane Coordinate System.
Two new PLSS corner numbering documents published by SCO
July 24, 2019
The SCO has recently published two documents detailing the implementation of a PLSS corner numbering system for the state.
Public Land Survey System Work Group Receives Community-University Partnership Award
July 11, 2019
The Public Land Survey System Work Group was recently acknowledged by UW-Madison for outstanding community-engaged collaboration in embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea.
New publication: Proposed statewide PLSS corner numbering system
June 10, 2019
A new publication offers a proposal for implementing the Romportl System to number corners in the statewide Public Land Survey System (PLSS) database.
Wisconsin’s Geospatial Infrastructure Gets an Upgrade
January 3, 2019
Overview of a project to integrate PLSS (Public Land Survey System) data into the statewide parcel database.