Mt. McKinley Gets a Re-Do
February 21, 2025
The Alaskan mountain peak, known as Mt. McKinley from 1917 until 2015, and then as Denali, has reverted back to being Mt. McKinley.
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Renaming Denali and the Gulf of Mexico
January 22, 2025
A (very) brief interpretation of President Trump’s recent Executive Order.
Curious about Wisconsin Toponyms? Start Here!
November 30, 2023
How often are place names changed or new place names added?
Wisconsin to achieve statewide publicly available LiDAR coverage in 2023
April 21, 2023
By this fall, all 72 Wisconsin counties will have QL1 or QL2 LiDAR obtained through the US Geological Survey’s 3DEP LiDAR program.
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.