US Survey Foot to be phased out in 2022
July 15, 2019
The National Geodetic Survey plans to phase out the US Survey Foot by 2022.
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Public Land Survey System Work Group Receives Community-University Partnership Award
July 11, 2019
The Public Land Survey System Work Group was recently acknowledged by UW-Madison for outstanding community-engaged collaboration in embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea.
New publication: Proposed statewide PLSS corner numbering system
June 10, 2019
A new publication offers a proposal for implementing the Romportl System to number corners in the statewide Public Land Survey System (PLSS) database.
2019 PLSS Forum presentations and final report now available
May 20, 2019
Presentation slides and a final report are now available for the 2019 Public Land Survey System Forum held in Darlington on April 18, 2019.
Professor Alan Vonderohe’s book on the new 2022 datums is now available
May 13, 2019
In 2022 the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will replace NAD 83 and NAVD 88 with new horizontal and vertical reference systems known as the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (NATRF2022) and the North …
Statewide PLSS Corner Numbering System
May 8, 2019
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Register Now for the PLSS Forum, “This Land is Your Land”
March 21, 2019
Don’t miss the April 12th deadline to register for the free PLSS Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 18th in Darlington, WI.
National Geodetic Survey revises its plans for 2022 State Plane Coordinate System update
March 11, 2019
On March 7, 2019, NGS held a webinar to provide updates to their SPCS plans based on comments received from across the country.
Department of Transportation submits proposal to Legislature to begin collecting fees for using WISCORS
March 7, 2019
On January 31, 2019, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation submitted a proposed rule to the Wisconsin Legislature to begin collecting fees for using the WISCORS (Wisconsin Continuously Operating Reference Station) network.
WI-NGS datasheets available for download
January 3, 2019
Due to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) being affected by the federal government shut-down, users are currently unable to access NGS’s datasheets. In an effort to support the business needs for the surveying community, we …