The overall mission of the
Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility (LICGF) is to provide research,
training, and outreach in the use of land and geographic information systems
(LIS/GIS). Our mission focuses on land records modernization, land and
natural resource management applications, and the use of information for
land-use decision-making.
Planning
Analyst Support Sites
See citizen-based land
use planning efforts in Bayfield and Dane Counties, Wisconsin -- Including
interactive mapping over the internet.
RGIS
National Consortium for Rural Geospatial Innovations in America (RGIS).
LICGF is the administrative home and the Great
Lakes site. RGIS is an 8-member
national consortium dedicated to the alleviation of the "digital divide"
facing rural America.
National
Science Foundation Information Integration Project
Information Integration for Locating and Querying Geospatial Data
National
Science Foundation Digital Government Project
Integrating Metadata Development,
XML, and DBMS Search and Query Techniques in a State of Wisconsin Land
Information System.
Wisconsin Coastal GIS Applications Project
The Wisconsin Coastal GIS Applications Project is a cooperative venture of the University of Wisconsin
Sea Grant Institute and LICGF. The primary goal of the project
is to teach the application of GIS/LIS and related spatial technologies to local government staff and officials to aid them in moving towards
the sustainable management of Great Lakes coastal resources.
