In 2020, the Brown County Land Information Office will be publishing several new GIS datasets including:
- Aerial photos from the 1990 flight. These have been removed from from the PALS department shelf, dusted off, and are now in the process of being scanned and orthorectified. The 1990 photos are high-quality color images. They look very nice! Scanning and turning them into a GIS map layer will breathe new life into these old photos. They are still useful for land use change analysis, especially when viewed as a map layer with the other aerial photos we have available on the BrownDog interactive GIS map.
- New aerial photos. The photography will take place in the spring of 2020 after snow/ice melt, but before leaves are back on the trees. Digital processing will occur over the summer, and we hope to have the new images published by October or November 2020.
- New topographic mapping. Topographic data will be collected using LiDAR in Spring 2020. The goal is to produce a "QL1" dataset with 1-foot contours. This project is being funded by many organizations including the federal government (USGS and FEMA), state grants, several county departments, and many municipalities (thanks to all for helping to pay for this!). The new topographic / contour data should be available for use by the end of 2020.
Below: Lambeau Field in Spring 1990.
