Stories indexed under: Cartography

Total: 8

  • New campus map combines cartography know-how, best of web Jan. 24, 2013 One of the most frequently used campus online tools, UW-Madison’s campus map, recently received a facelift at http://map.wisc.edu.
  • UW exposition examines high-tech mapping Nov. 14, 2011 The UW-Madison campus will bring together experts from around Wisconsin on Wednesday, Nov. 16 to show off the latest in technologies and projects that utilize high-tech mapping tools called geographic information systems (GIS).
  • Birdseye view of Wisconsin's past wins governor's award Oct. 11, 2011 A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.
  • Image from WisconsinView data Recent sightings: Wisconsin flooding July 16, 2008
  • Screen capture from online diet map Geography students put local foods on the map May 14, 2008 As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.
  • Lakeshore preserve Web site wins ‘Best of 2007’ award June 1, 2007 The interactive Web site for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve has garnered another national award.
  • Exhibit traces 300 years of Wisconsin and Great Lakes maps March 21, 2007 Original maps of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region from 17th-century drawings concocted from travelers' accounts to 21st-century images captured by satellites are on display through June 29 in the Department of Special Collections in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Online lakeshore map wins national award March 7, 2007 An online, interactive Web site that helps decipher the Lakeshore Nature Preserve has won an award that puts the University of Wisconsin-Madison student-driven project at the forefront of map design in the United States.