New Resources at UW Digital Collections
April 1, 2005

The following new resource has been added to the University of
Wisconsin Digital Collections. For more information about digital
resources at UW, contact Amy Rudersdorf ([log in to unmask])
or Lisa Saywell ([log in to unmask]).

New Resources within Existing Collections

Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records: Original Field Notes and Plat Maps
2,100 Plat Maps, added 3/9/2005

2,100 sketch maps that correspond to previously digitized field notes.
Field notes and plat maps created between 1833 and 1866 provide valuable
original land survey information and document Wisconsin's landscape
history. Cartographers created sketch maps, based on notes from their
extensive field survey. This work established the township, range and
section grid for Wisconsin and is the Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
upon which land ownership and land use is based. These plat map images
are presented with enhanced zoom and rotate tools using JPEG2000,
options that greatly improve use and navigation of large digital images.
This project was completed in cooperation with the Wisconsin Board of
Commissioners of Public Lands.

Field Notes
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SurveyNotes

Search by T/R and view plat maps
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/Search.html