Statewide Parcel Project
August 1, 2017
Announcement of a new collaborative project with the Wisconsin Department of Administration to create Wisconsin’s first statewide digital parcel map to be made publicly available.
Tagged As: Parcels
Items related to cadastral/land ownership mapping and data.
V1 Interim Report and Digital Appendices
July 19, 2017
Interim report of the V1 Statewide Parcel Map Database Project (V1 Project). The V1 Project is a collaboration between the State Cartographer’s Office, the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP), and local governments. This report describes the V1 Project, part of the Statewide Parcel Map Initiative established by Act 20 of 2013.
Zoning Data
July 13, 2017
Zoning in Wisconsin varies by type, class and authoritative jurisdiction. Zoning type and zoning class definitions may also vary between jurisdictions, making them potentially incompatible with one another. For this reason, zoning can be difficult to seamlessly aggregate at regional and statewide scales and it is generally best to contact the authoritative jurisdiction for the most complete zoning data.
Parcel Data
GIS parcel data in Wisconsin is created and maintained at both the municipal and county levels. For the majority of Wisconsin counties, parcel data is regularly aggregated from municipal to county-wide datasets if the parcels are not originally created by the county. Some exceptions to this include the Cities of Eau Claire, Beloit, Antigo, and Janesville, where parcel data remains available only at the municipal level. There are also areas of the state that are not yet digitally parcel mapped.
Platbooks and Land Ownership Maps
Plat books make use of the Public Land Survey System to represent land ownership patterns on a county-by-county basis. They are a convenient reference for local governments, private realty, surveying companies, and the general public. Commercial plat books for Wisconsin are generally prepared by private map publishing companies in conjunction with county governments. However, many Wisconsin counties have begun to produce and update the maps themselves.
Vernon County releases RFP for parcel fabric project
May 12, 2017
Contractors invited to submit proposals by June 9th.
Statewide parcel team Q&A session to be held at 2017 WLIA Conference
February 8, 2017
The statewide parcel team will be hosting a Q&A session at the Wisconsin Land Information Association 2017 Annual Conference.
V2 statewide parcel web app now available
October 21, 2016
The Version 2 Statewide Parcel Database Web Application is now available online.
V2 Statewide Parcel Data Now Available
August 31, 2016
Wisconsin Department of Administration and State Cartographer’s Office release Version 2 Statewide Parcel Map Database for public distribution
Parcel Mapping and the Public Land Survey in Wisconsin: Final forum report now available
April 27, 2016
A final report is now available online detailing the Parcel Mapping and Public Land Survey Forum held at UW Eau Claire on March 15, 2016.