Suukjak Sep and other recent decisions by the Wisconsin Geographic Names Council

The Wisconsin Geographic Names Council is the state’s official geographic names authority.

How can geography help your business or organization?

Learn about mapping and GIS resources at UW-Madison at an exciting event on November 11, 2016.

Results of LiDAR training survey now available

See the results of our recent survey of lidar training needs.

Interested in LiDAR training? Take this survey.

Take a short 5-10 minute online survey to tell us about your LiDAR training needs.

Wisconsin Unmanned Aerial Systems Advisory Board holds second meeting

The Unmanned Aerial Systems (“drone”) Advisory Board held its second meeting on Sept 30, 2016.

SCO Annual Report now available for 2015-16

The SCO has published its 2015-16 Annual Report.

What the acronym “MCD” really means

The acronym “MCD” is commonly misused. Here’s the correct interpretation from the Census Bureau.

Photos of Wisconsin’s Esri 2016 SAG awards now online

Official photos of Wisconsin’s 2016 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) awards given at the Esri User Conference are now online.

UW-Madison team awarded grant to develop Wisconsin historic coastal geospatial database and portal

A team at UW-Madison has been awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program to develop a historic geospatial database and portal to help address coastal management issues in Wisconsin. 

Wisconsin Unmanned Aerial Systems Advisory Board formed

The WUAB is a new advisory board focusing on unmanned aerial systems (UAS, or “drones”) in Wisconsin.