"Discovering Historic Wisconsin Geospatial Data." May 2023 presentation for Wisconsin Wetland Association "Wetland Coffee Break" by Howard Veregin, Wisconsin State Cartographer.

3. KINDS OF DATA
TERMINOLOGY:
GIS or Geographic Information Systems
Geospatial
Georeferenced

4. HISTORIC
AERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS

5. WHAIFinder
http://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder
www.sco.wisc.edu

9. More Historic Photos
www.sco.wisc.edu

10. Aerial Photography Catalog

12. SCANNED
HISTORIC
TOPO MAPS

13. ngmdb.usgs.gov/maps/TopoView
topoView

15. www.usgs.gov/faqs/where-can-i-find-
topographic-map-symbol-sheet

16. TerraGo Toolbar

17. Time Travel

18. GENERAL LAND
OFFICE SURVEY
MAPS

19. GLO Survey Maps and Notes

20. digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes

21. GLO Survey: Geospatial Data
www.sco.wisc.edu/glo

22. BORDNER
(WLEI)
SURVEY

23. Bordner Survey Maps
search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AWILandInv

26. Bordner Explorer
http://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder
www.sco.wisc.edu

29. maps.sco.wisc.edu/BordnerCoastal/about

30. MAPS
are not
MAGIC!

31. USGS Topo Map, 1892, 1:62,500

32. USGS Topo Map, 1959, 1:62,500

33. USGS Topo Map, 1962, 1:250,000

34. USGS Topo Map, 1958, 1:24,000

35. USGS Topo Maps
1905, 1:62,500
1959, 1:62,500

36. USGS Topo Maps
2010, 1:24,000
2022, 1:24,000

37. USGS Topo Map, 1905 (1941 ed.)
Bordner Map, 1934

38. OTHER
RESOURCES

39. WGNHS
wgnhs.uwex.edu

40. Robinson Map Library
geography.wisc.edu/maplibrary

41. GeoData@Wisconsin
geodata.wisc.edu

42. AGS Library
uwm.edu/libraries/agsl

43. Historical Society Collections
www.wisconsinhistory.org

44. howard.veregin@wisc.edu
www.sco.wisc.edu
THANK YOU!