Current Status
NEW! The final results of the WCCS redesign project are now available:
WISCRS (Wisconsin Coordinate Reference Systems): Redesign of the WCCS (Wisconsin County Coordinate System) (3.87 MB PDF)
In late spring (2005) the Wisconsin Land Information Board allocated $35,000 through a Strategic Initiative Grant to support the redesign of the WCCS. Jackson County, the grant recipient, contracted with the geodesist, Al Vonderohe (UW-Madison professor), to do the redesign effort. This work is now complete. In early 2006 the redesign parameters were tested, and documentation of the redesign approach is now available. An accompanying handbook publication to replace the Wisconsin Coordinate Systems Handbook as well as educational workshop materials are currently in the planning stages.
The Task Force continues to meet on an approximately bi-monthly schedule. All meetings are held at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Building in Madison.
Mission Statement
The WLIA's WCS Task Force was formed by the State Cartographer's Office in early 2004. The intent in forming the TF is to explore concerns raised by a number of GIS users over apparent errors and inconsistencies in data conversions to and from the Wisconsin County Coordinate System (WCCS). The SCO asked a variety of individuals representing the governmental, academic, and private sectors to serve on the Task Force. The membership determined the task force mission. See the complete mission statement, revised July 2004.
Task Force Documents
WISCRS (Wisconsin Coordinate Reference Systems): Redesign of the WCCS (PDF - 3.87 MB)
Proposal to Redesign the WCCS (December, 2004) (Word doc)
Task Force Products Matrix (Word doc)
County Coordinate Test Point Data - NAD 83 (Excel file)
County Coordinate Text Point Data - NAD 27 (Excel file)
Equations and Parameters for Wisconsin Coordinate Systems (November, 2004) (PDF)
Presentations
Resource Links
Standards Related:
SCO Fact Sheet: Coordinate System Task Force
SCO Wisconsin Coordinate System Handbook
European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG)
The EPSG, through its geodesy working group, maintains and publishes a data set of parameters for coordinate reference system and coordinate transformation description.
EPSG Online Database Interface Version 1 & Version 2 beta
Interoperable Coordinate Transformation and Identification of Coordinate Systems (PDF - 03/00)
Open Geospatial Consortium(OGC) - Coordinate Transformation Specifications (PDF - 12/01)
OGC - Recommended XML Encoding of CRS Definitions
Coordinate Reference System Registry Test Portal
Education
ESRI Petroleum Users Group - APSG PowerPoint Presentation
A PowerPoint presentation from the 2004 Geodesy and Map Projection Workshop by Jim Cain and Jon Stigant entitled "Datums, Coordinate Systems, Coordinate Reference Systems and Datum Transformations."
Coordinate Conversion Tools
Coordinate Calculator
Coordinate Conversion (by GPS2CAD) (Online)
CoordTrans
Corpscon Version 6.0
GEO/GARNIX
Geocalc 4.20
GeoCalc 6.1/Geographic Calculator 6.2
Geodetic Survey Routine: UTM/TM and Geographic (GSRUG)
Geographic Translator (GEOTRANS)
PROJ 4: Cartographic Projections Library
TatukGIS Coordinate Calculator
Tralaine
Agendas and Minutes
The agendas and minutes from our meetings are available to download in zip files, in Microsoft Word (*.doc) format. Select a month from the list below:
February (2/12) 2004
April (4/15) 2004
May (5/19) 2004
June (6/29) 2004
July (7/29) 2004
September (9/22) 2004
October (10/20) 2004
November (11/23) 2004
January (1/05) 2005
March (3/05) 2005
May (5/11) 2005
July (7/13) 2005
September (9/15) 2005
November (11/08) 2005
January (1/17) 2006
February (2/13) 2006
March (3/16) 2006
Members
• Ted Koch - State Cartographer, Chair
• Tom Bushey - ESRI, Minneapolis
• Diann Danielsen - Dane County
• John Ellingson - Jackson County
• Pat Ford - Brown County
• Gene Hafermann - WI Dept. of Transportation
• David Hart - UW-Madison Sea Grant
• Mike Koutnik - ESRI, Minneapolis
• John Laedlein - WI Dept. of Natural Resources
• Gerald Mahun - Madison Area Technical College
• David Moyer - Acting State Advisor, National Geodetic Survey
• Carl Sandsnes - Ayres Associates
• Glen Schaefer - WI Dept. of Transportation
• Jerry Sullivan - WI Dept. of Administration
• Al Vonderohe - UW-Madison, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Jay Yearwood - City of Appleton
• AJ Wortley - State Cartographer's Office
The check for timely updates, visit the SCO Coordinate Systems Taskforce website.
