Curious about Wisconsin Toponyms? Start Here!
November 30, 2023
How often are place names changed or new place names added?
Tagged As: Maps
Items related to maps of all types, both paper and online.
Participate in the Dane County Heritage Oaks Project
September 20, 2022
How many of Dane County’s 200-year-old oaks — first inventoried in 1976 — are still in existence?
Explore these Cartographic Phantoms near Elkhart Lake while attending the 2022 WLIA Conference
February 17, 2022
Join the quest to hunt down cartographic phantoms across the state, starting with these examples close to Elkhart Lake, the location of the 2022 Wisconsin Land Information Association Annual Conference.
History of Cartography recognized in Wisconsin News
October 29, 2021
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 …
Wisconsin DOT Releases Rustic Roads Interactive Map
October 4, 2021
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has a new Rustic Roads interactive map highlighting these unique rural roadways.
Customizing Layer Content in Geospatial PDFs
September 21, 2021
How to create customized geospatial PDFs with layer controls.
Using Google’s My Maps Tool To Make a Simple Web Map
May 13, 2021
Google’s My Maps tool is an easy way to make a simple web map. In this posting, My Maps is used to make a web map of unincorporated communities in Kewaunee county.
History of Cartography Project Launches New Video Series
April 12, 2021
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”).
Conservation completed for Science Hall’s oldest relief model
November 26, 2019
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.