News for Geospatial

Explore the newly relaunched BTAA Geoportal

The Geoportal provides access to well over 100,000 downloadable GIS datasets across hundreds of government agencies as well as scanned historical maps from university library collections.

At the Big Ten GIS Conference, there’s a map for everything

The sixth annual Big Ten GIS Conference is returning on April 17 for anyone interested in maps and geospatial data, “which ought to be just about everyone,” according to Colleen Wilson. Geospatial data is information that’s tied to a specific place. So odds are, if you can think of it, there’s probably a map for it.

Historical Minneapolis aerial photos available online

The University of Minnesota Libraries has completed digitization of more than 4,500 historical aerial photos of Minneapolis, as part of a collaborative effort with the City of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Historical Society. All of the large-scale, detailed aerial photos, dating back to 1938, are freely available for viewing by the public.