By this fall, all 72 Wisconsin counties will have QL1 or QL2 LiDAR obtained through the US Geological Survey’s 3DEP LiDAR program.
Wisconsin to achieve statewide publicly available LiDAR coverage in 2023
April 21, 2023
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U.S. Geological Survey
Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms
March 23, 2023
Your input is needed on a proposal to reclassify 31 “cartographic phantoms” found on maps of Wisconsin.
Public Comments Invited on Proposed Replacements for Derogatory Place Names
February 28, 2022
The U.S. Geological Survey is requesting public comment on candidate replacements for geographic feature names recently declared derogatory by the Department of Interior Secretary.
Federal Government Takes Action to Eliminate Derogatory Toponyms
December 30, 2021
The US Department of the Interior has established new administrative bodies to replace derogatory geographic feature names.
Customizing Layer Content in Geospatial PDFs
September 21, 2021
How to create customized geospatial PDFs with layer controls.
There’s No There There! (Part 2)
July 8, 2021
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)
July 1, 2021
Don’t visit these Dane County locations if you’re hoping to fill up your tank or get a cappuccino.
Time Travel on your Smartphone
April 29, 2021
You can use historic maps and a simple app to explore the past using your smartphone.
WGNHS map sales office to close on December 30, 2019
September 17, 2019
The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) plans to close its map sales office on December 30, 2019. Users of USGS topographic maps should use this as an opportunity to switch to the newer “US Topos” that have replaced the USGS’s legacy paper topographic maps.
Using geospatial PDFs
August 1, 2017
This document provides an overview of geospatial PDFs and their basic features, as well as some of the tools available to interact with these files, using USGS US Topos as a case study. 2nd edition, published in 2019.