Stakeholder groups from around the state are in the final stages of identifying representatives for an interim Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council. If all goes as planned, the first meeting of the Council should happen in late summer of 2008.
Three members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation have put their names behind a proposal to reform the way the federal government inventories and tracks federal lands.
Erik Mickelson has accepted a position as a GIS Services Architect working with Geographic Information Officer Curtis Pulford at the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
Wisconsinites willing to take a short trip to the west may be interested in some upcoming ArcGIS and LiDAR workshops happening in
Lee Samson, formerly with the WI Dept. of Transportation, has moved over to the DOA Division of Enterprise Technology where he will be working with Geographic Information Officer Curtis Pulford.
Everyone is invited to attend presentations by two finalists for the 2010 orthoimagery quality-based selection process.
Several nationally-known speakers plus the usual mix of local talent will discuss topics revolving around the conference theme of “Democratizing the Multi-Purpose Land Information System: Impediments and Opportunities.”
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.
The popular ESRI Wisconsin User Group annual conference is scheduled for October 9-10 at the Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton.
Philanthropist, map collector, cartographer, and technology guru David Rumsey will speak on the UW-Madison campus on May 9th.
