SCO 2023-24 Annual Report Now Available

See what we’ve been up to over the last year!

Federal Register Notice Announces New Timeline for NSRS Modernization

The modernized National Spatial Reference System is expected to be approved in 2025 or 2026.

The SCO Turns Fifty!

The driving force behind the creation of the SCO was Professor Arthur H. Robinson, a faculty member in the Department of Geography.

New Project Will Monitor and Map Chloride Levels in Starkweather Creek

A new community-based partnership focuses on chloride contamination in the Starkweather Creek watershed on Madison’s east side.

State Cartographer’s Office Completes New Strategic Framework

The new Framework is a chart to guide our path forward, by helping ensure that activities align to our strategic priorities.

Wisconsin Next Generation 9-1-1 Status Map Now Live

See current statewide information on ESInet, GIS data, and GIS and PSAP grants.

NGS Publishes SPCS2022 Parameters on Alpha Website

The National Geodetic Survey has published provisional projection parameters for the 2022 State Plane Coordinate System. 

Dane County Launches Underrepresented Communities Historical Markers Program

If you have an idea about a place, person or event that’s particularly important, you can submit your idea in an online survey form.

How Long is the Coastline of Wisconsin?

The answer is surprisingly elusive.

Which Way Is East? A Solution

A solution to the reader challenge is presented.