Register by July 1, 2018, for the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors Summer Meeting

The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS) 2018 Summer Meeting will take place on August 3rd and 4th. Registration is due July 1.

Final Report, 2018 Surveying-Parcel Forum

Report on a public forum entitled, “Meet Me at the Corner,” held on April 25, 2018.

Final Report, 2016 Surveying-Parcel Forum

Report on a public forum entitled, “Parcel Mapping and the Public Land Survey in Wisconsin,” hosted by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office in 2016.

PLSS Forum has been RESCHEDULED to April 25th!

The PLSS Forum, “Meet me at the Corner” has been RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, April 25th due to the heavy snow predictions in the Wausau area. However, if the original date didn’t work for you and …

Register Today for the PLSS Forum

There is still time to register for the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Forum “Meet me at the Corner” scheduled for Wednesday, April 4th at the Grand Lodge Waterpark Resort in Rothschild, WI. So far, …

Survey Control Finder

Survey Control Finder is a mobile-friendly web app that provides a central point of access to over 28,000 control points and over 200,000 Public Land Survey System records in Wisconsin.

Statewide PLSS database to be developed

The V4 Parcel Project will include the collection and aggregation of local Public Land Survey System corner data, culminating in an initial statewide PLSS database.

Fun with Geodesy

Okay, maybe geodesy isn’t fun for most of us. But Dave Doyle, former Chief Geodetic Surveyor with the National Geodetic Survey, has a knack for making the topic interesting and entertaining.

Land Surveying and PLSS Topics

Links and topics of interest related to the profession of land surveying.

Survey Monument Maintenance

Surveying relies on physical reference objects placed in the ground. While temporary stakes are what the public may see most often in conjunction with construction work, the enduring reference marks (usually called monuments) are much less prominent. Monuments serve to mark points used for geodetic control networks as well as points used to reference property boundaries. Monuments can take a variety of forms.