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Wisconsin Mapping Links

Land and Parcel Information

• Wisconsin Land Information Association
  Promoting land information systems and land records modernization
  
  
• Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse (WISCLINC)
  Gateway to geospatial data and metadata, related land and reference information
  
  
• Office of Land Information Services (OLIS), Dept. of Administration
  Administers the Wisconsin Land Information Program in conjunction with the Wisconsin Land Information Board

Land Stewardship and Natural Resources

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  Geographic Services Section
  
  
• Natural Resources Conservation Service -WI (NRCS)
  Formerly the Soil Conservation Service, NRCS is the federal agency that works with landowners on private lands to conserve natural resources
  
  
• Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
  Established to preserve, protect and develop the resources of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior coastline for this and future generations
  
  

• Wisconsin Land & Water Conservation Association
  Representing Wisconsin's 72 County Land and Water Conservation Committees (LCCs) and Departments (LCDs), the primary system of natural resource programs
  
  

• Wisconsin Sea Grant Program
  Statewide program of research, education and technology transfer for the wise stewardship and sustainable use of Great lakes and ocean resources

Mapping Information and Outreach

• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
  Gathers, maintains and disseminates information about mapping and spatial data collection in the state
  
  

• Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility (LICGF)
  Provides research, training, and outreach in the use of land and geographic information systems (LIS/GIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Federal Mapping Links

Mapping Information and Outreach

• United States Geological Survey
  Provides scientific information to describe and understand the Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources, and enhance and protect quality of life

Survey and GPS Information

• National Geodetic Survey
  Develops and maintains the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the foundation for latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity, orientation, and shoreline
  
  
• NGS Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
  Provide Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier phase and code range measurements in support of 3-dimensional positioning activities

Other Sites of Interest

GIS Data

• Microsoft TerraServer
  Provides access to digital orthophotography, including Bayfield County
  
  
• GIS Data Depot
  Free downloads and custom CD creation from the GIS Data Depot's terabyte online inventory of geospatial data.  Includes data for Bayfield County.
  

GIS and Mapping Resources

• Glossary of Mapping Terms
  Provided by the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
  
  
• Geography Links and Articles from About.com
  Excellent site overseen by a geography specialist. Provides interesting links and original content.
  
  
• GIS.COM
  Your Internet guide to GIS.  The site is intended to educate anyone interested in geographic technology on the value that technology brings to their day-to-day activities.