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The 10th Annual Cart Lab Design Challenge: Co-Creating a Historical Atlas of Racial Violence

The 10th Anniversary of the UW Cartography Lab’s annual Design Challenge kicked off with a Yi-Fu Tuan lecture on February 16, 2024, with Faculty Director…

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Geography students, faculty, and staff participate in 2023 International Cartographic Conference

By: Graduate students: Alicia Iverson, Nuzhat Tabassum Nawshin, and Chelsea Nestel; Professor Robert Roth and Cartography Lab Creative Director Alicia Cowart In August 2023, Ph.D….

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Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office: Heritage Oaks Project

By Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office In 1976, local conservationist, preservationist, writer and assistant to the Wisconsin DNR secretary,…

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Research Team from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Create Habitat Map of St. Louis River Estuary

By Howard VereginAugust 24, 2023 A team of researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota has been awarded a $139,000 grant from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve…

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Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee

Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee for defending his dissertation on Space and time solutions for natural climate solutions in agricultural landscapes. Seth works on finding agricultural solutions for…

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Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms

By: Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office A “cartographic phantom” is a community that appears on a map but does…

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Friendlier Maps for Complex Geospatial Data

In a world dotted with mountains of geospatial data, Dr. Jonathan Nelson advocates for maps users can understand. by Isabella Ruder | May 11, 2023Originally…

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Religion and Tree Planting: A Discussion between Asghar Ali and Phra Ajarn Praseut at the Lao-Thai Theravada Buddhist Temple in Madison

In February, 2023, Asghar Ali arrived in Madison from his home in the Punjab in Pakistan as a visiting Ph.D. student, hosted by Professor Ian…

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Geography Featured: Badger Talks Live 2023

Badger Talks Live is a live stream presentation series showcasing unique stories and talents on the UW-Madison campus and beyond. Tune in on Tuesdays in…

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Visualizing Historic Vegetation with Range Mapper

Adrian George, Ph.D. candidate in the UW-Madison Department of Geography, recently published a paper titled “Range Mapper: An Adaptable Process for Making and Using Interactive,…

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