Orthorectified Landsat digital data now available from USGS

Select orthorectified Landsat data are available for free download from the Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) and EarthExplorer websites.

First Statewide Downloadable 1-meter Imagery

WisconsinView.org has published the USDA’s Wisconsin Farm Service Agency 2005 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The data are available free as 1-meter true-color aerial photography in couty-wide MrSID mosaics covering the entire state of Wisconsin. …

Draft street address data standard released for review

Proposal seeks to standardize the way in which addresses are stored by thousands of organizations nationwide.

NRCS to hold “Northwest-10” last acre ceremony

Last soil survey acre in Wisconsin will be followed by statewide soil mapping completion in 2006

Data security guidelines released

FGDC provides guidance on balancing security risks and benefits of geospatial data.

2005 GIS Day Expo at UW-Madison: Call for Participation

The University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Geography will host the 3rd-annual “GIS Day Expo” in the Memorial Union Great Hall on November 16, 2005.

Special Issue of Cartographic Perspectives honors Robinson and Woodward

Contains personal stories, a history of Cartography as a discipline, and many accounts of the careers and lives of Robinson and Woodward.

WisconsinView brings NAIP photography to the Web

2004 color aerial photography now available for 34 Wisconsin counties

2005 FGDC CAP grants go to three Wisconsin organizations

A state agency, a UW system school, and a statewide association all receive funding from the Federal Geographic Data Committee.

New maps show upgraded air monitoring information on the Internet

WI-DNR site uses ArcIMS technology to distribute air quality data