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Please consider collaborating with your team and donating an item to our silent auction event, which will take place at the WLIA Annual Conference on February 26-28 at the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, WI. All contributions will benefit the Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund. The... Continue Reading

Did You Know!?!? The 2025 WLIA Virtual Map Gallery is live!?!?Virtual Map Gallery You can submit your own maps, be featured in the virtual AND in-person map galleries, impress your peers, and win!?!?Submit Your Maps Here There’s a ridiculously fun Hand Drawn Map contest during lunch on... Continue Reading

We're highlighting Workshops and Tracks for the upcoming Annual Conference to prepare you to See Things in a New Way . The full preliminary agenda is available here and Sched, our online scheduling system, will be up soon with the final agenda. One way to start your Workshop Wednesday is with... Continue Reading

Meet Jaden Olski, one of the 2024 Damon Anderson Scholarship Recipients. Continue Reading

We are featuring workshops and tracks that will be available at this year's WLIA 2025 Annual Conference. All workshops and tracks can be found on the preliminary agenda on the event page. Today's highlight workshop is Leveraging GIS for Social Change presented by one of this year's keynote... Continue Reading

Introducing Anna Peters, a GIS specialist at REL. Anna has accumulated extensive experience in GIS since graduating from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point - from UAV to bathymetry. Discover more of what inspires Anna and enjoy learning what a “Swizzle Stick Bird” is in her interview. Continue Reading

Voting is open for 2025 Board of Directors and President-Elect. Voting will close at noon on Thursday, February 20th. Continue Reading

Are you ready to be a key player at the 2025 WLIA Annual Conference? We’re looking for enthusiastic moderators to join us February 26–28th at the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, WI! As a moderator, you’ll:✅ Introduce speakers and energize sessions.✅ Manage time and assist... Continue Reading

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Get Ready to Get Social in Appleton! The Opening Wednesday evening, we will open the Annual with a Smashing Backyard BBQ, think "Summer Magic". Expect to be here from 6 to 9pm Imagine yourself at a magical backyard gathering with your friends. Food will be backyard grill themed including... Continue Reading

If you’re looking to do more than just attend the 2025 WLIA Annual Conference, but don’t know where to begin, this might just be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The fabled Map Contest at the conference brings together selected members of our WLIA community to don... Continue Reading

Each year, the WLIA Technical Committee evaluates the status of mapping layers needed for critical business areas affecting Wisconsin. The goal of this evaluation is to communicate the status of these layers to stakeholders and advocate for their well-planned improvement. The Status of... Continue Reading