Making Maps, Mapping History: Recent Episodes
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Audio commentary of selected maps complements the information in the exhibit booklet. The comments have been generously offered by UW-Madison experts in the history of cartography, the history of the Great Lakes region, and remote sensing technology.
Lake Surface Temperature from Aqua/MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, April 18, 2006.
Seasonal Satellite Imagery from MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, February 26, 2003; April 23, 2003; September 5, 2003; October 10, 2004.
Landsat Images of Green Bay. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, June 25, 1979 and September 8, 2000.
Map and Section of Wisconsin and Fox River. U.S. Corps of Engineers (War Department), 1867.
Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin. Department of the Interior (General Land Office), 1866.
Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory. Samuel Morrison, Elisha Dwelle, and Joshua Hathaway, 1837.
Three maps. One: North America Sheet III: Upper Canada with Parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832. Two: North America Sheet IV: Lake Superior. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832. Three: North America Sheet V: The Northwest and Michigan Territories. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.