History of Cartography now available online
January 18, 2012
Volumes One and Two of The History of Cartography are now freely available online.
Tagged As: Maps
Items related to maps of all types, both paper and online.
Wisconsin Historical Society publishes historic map collection online
July 6, 2011
Find historic maps online through the Wisconsin Historical Society’s new digital collection.
Former student’s maps highlighted in congressional research report
June 17, 2011
Matt Bloch, a former Geography student at UW-Madison and student assistant in the State Cartographer’s Office, recently had his interactive mapping application highlighted in a report by the Congressional Research Service.
Cartography-inspired art exhibit opens in Madison
April 27, 2011
A new exhibit at the James Watrous Gallery in Madison features unique map-inspired art.
SCO proposes development of a statewide digital basemap
February 23, 2011
The SCO is proposing to develop a statewide cartographic database for small- and mid-scale mapping.
3-D Wisconsin map now available
June 11, 2010
Check out a cool new map recently published by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
New UW project will develop a Wisconsin Coastal Atlas
January 7, 2010
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is sponsoring a new project at UW-Madison that will develop a geospatial data portal for coastal areas in Wisconsin.
New Natural Earth map product has significant Madison influences
December 15, 2009
A gorgeous new global map dataset available at 1:10 million, 1:50 million, and 1:110 million scales received considerable support and guidance from many folks in the Madison-area.
Maps really do matter!
March 9, 2009
State agencies unite on February 13th to demonstrate the power of GIS.
New project brings historic land use maps into the present
May 2, 2008
An interesting pilot project looks at the feasibility of bringing selected maps from the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory (a.k.a., the “Bordner Survey”) into Google Earth.