1. Learning from the Past:
A Blueprint for a Wisconsin
Aerial Imaging Program
Image: aerometric.com
Jim Lacy
Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office
University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 18, 2012

2. The Project
• SCO received FGDC
funding to create a
statewide aerial imagery
business plan
• Hired a consultant to help
with information gathering
and plan development
• YOU are critical to the
process

3. Desired End Results
• A plan that addresses
both short-term
(2015) and long-term
(2020+) needs
• A process that can be
applied to other data
themes in the future
• A “waypoint” for all
of us to navigate
towards

4. What does a business
plan look like?
• What do you want?
• What are the steps
needed to get there?
• Who will do the
work?
• What will it cost?

5. Why a Business Plan?
• Leaders and managers expect
it when you ask for resources
• We must cooperate to survive
• How can you develop a
budget without a plan?
• 2015 will sneak up on us
quickly

6. What can
you do?

7. www.sco.wisc.edu/orthoplan.html

8. Jim Lacy
State Cartographer’s Office
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lacy@wisc.edu
(608) 262-6850
www.sco.wisc.edu/orthoplan.html