Wisconsin LiDAR Data Accessibility Initiative Launches

March 6, 2013
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Updated February 9, 2026
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In the state of Wisconsin the issue of access to the state’s LiDAR database has been heating up. This has resulted in a public/private consortia working together to deliver the first datasets online in early 2013.

The group developed a plan to use WisconsinView as a portal for public access to the data. WisconsinView already hosts a variety of aerial photography (such as WROC and NAIP) and is a logical fit for LiDAR data. The plan is to begin with derived elevation products (DEMs) and eventually serve all collected data.

Kudos to all involved.

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