Tagged As: Historic

Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms

Your input is needed on a proposal to reclassify 31 “cartographic phantoms” found on maps of Wisconsin.

History of Cartography recognized in Wisconsin News

How long does it take to tell the story of maps and mappers from prehistoric times to the present?  As it turns out, approximately forty years.  Inside UW recently published a celebratory article documenting the …

There’s No There There! (Part 2)

Don’t visit these Dane County locations if you’re hoping to fill up your tank or get a cappuccino.

There’s No There There! (Part 1)

Don’t visit these Dane County locations if you’re hoping to fill up your tank or get a cappuccino.

How Wisconsin’s Counties Got Their Shapes

Wisconsin’s county boundaries have attained their current shapes as a result of numerous boundary changes that date back to the formation of Wisconsin Territory in 1836.

Time Travel on your Smartphone

You can use historic maps and a simple app to explore the past using your smartphone.

History of Cartography Project Launches New Video Series

The History of Cartography Project has launched a new online video series to celebrate publication of “Cartography in the European Enlightenment” (Volume 4 of the “History of Cartography”).

Madison, Wisconsin: A View from the Eighteen Nineties

View an interactive photographic panorama of Madison from the late 1890s taken from the Capitol dome.

Conservation completed for Science Hall’s oldest relief model

The oldest relief model in Science Hall, Edwin Howell’s 1875 “Grand Canyon of the Colorado and Southern Cliffs of Utah,” has been restored using conservation techniques.

Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery Finder

The WHAIFinder (pronounced “WAY-finder”) digital archive of historic aerial imagery provides quick and easy access to over 38,000 digital aerial photographs covering the entire state of Wisconsin.