Purpose

The purpose of this site is to evaluate methods of distributing geographically referenced digital data via the world wide web for use in Geographic Information Systems and coastal management applications. More specifically, the site intends to make geographic data of the Wisconsin coast more accessible by gathering this information into a single resource that is freely available to the public. The site also hopes to make the data more flexible by allowing the user to interactively select data layers and specific areas of interest at a variety of zoom levels. The site utilizes OrthoServer technology, an open-source web mapping software package developed at MIT, to generate seamless image mosaics of large raster data sets. This OrthoServer site is an OGC-compliant Web Map Server (WMS) meeting the specifications of the Web Mapping Testbed (WMT) Version 1.0.0.

Instructions

Simply click on the "Lake Michigan" or "Lake Superior" tab at the top of the screen and select an image category of interest to you. A map interface will appear, allowing you to interact with the data.