Aerial Photography, Maps Now Online

A new Web site, created as part of a partnership between UW Sea Grant and the Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility at UW-Madison, provides access to aerial photography and other map images of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior coasts of Wisconsin.

Development of the Web site (http://ortho.lic.wisc.edu) is part of a project aimed at teaching the application of geographic information systems (GIS) and related spatial technologies to support sustainable management of Great Lakes coastal resources.

Users of the Web site can choose from recent or historical digital orthophotos (aerial photographs that have been corrected to represent the geometric qualities of a map), scanned topographic maps produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, or a graphic depiction of elevation.

 They can also view the entire coast or zoom into a specific city, village, or site of interest. They can then print the image, find out more information about how and when it was created, or download it for use in other software.

The Web site is based on open-source Web mapping tools developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Minnesota. For more information, contact David Hart by email at dahart@facstaff.wisc.edu or by phone at (608) 263-5534.

Last updated 16 April 2002 by Karl
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