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Statewide 18-inch imagery available this summer

New imagery dataset developed from 2010 WROC flights expected to be online by mid to late July.

New Geospatial Revolution video now available

Latest video in the Geospatial Revolution series focuses on monitoring global climate change, preventing famine, tracking disease and mapping communities never before seen on a map.

Census TIGER attempts to tame school districts

One of the more common questions we get at the SCO is “Where do I find ‘the’ school district map of Wisconsin?” The answer is more complicated than you might think.

Cohen joins city of Madison

Longtime Wisconsinite tapped to lead City of Madison GIS operations.

Upcoming workshops showcase new redistricting tool

Six workshops scheduled during the first two weeks of April will introduce attendees to the new “WISE-LR” online web mapping application for local redistricting.

Third installment of Geospatial Revolution now online

Latest video in the Geospatial Revolution series focuses on  military and public safety applications of geospatial information technologies.

ASPRS conference coming to Milwaukee

The national meeting of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing is expected to draw over 1,200 geospatial professionals to our region during the first week of May 2011.

Problems with Wisconsin NAIP leads to reprocessing

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Photography Field Office is currently in the process of correcting some color issues with the statewide National Agriculture Imagery Program data collected over Wisconsin in 2010. 

Wisconsin activities highlighted in national surveying publication

Point of Beginning magazine recently highlighted the efforts of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Geodetic Surveys Unit.

SCO receives FGDC funding for statewide orthophotography planning

A new project planned to begin in the fall of 2011 will identify lessons learned in past Wisconsin orthophotography projects, and then develop a blueprint for a sustainable program that further simplifies imagery acquisitions in Wisconsin.