Do you have questions about local history and geography? The web mapping site maintained by the Brown County Land Information Office is a great place to start.
Some web-based geographic information systems that we've found useful are described below.
Digital Watershed is a tool for science based watershed management from the Institute of Water Research at MSU http://www.iwr.msu.edu/dw/
Surface Water Information Management System provides access to the Michigan DNR's hydrography databases http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/miswims/MapPage.aspx
Surface Water Data Viewer provides access to the Wisconsin DNR's hydrography and wetlands databases http://dnrmaps.wi.gov/imf/imf.jsp? site=SurfaceWaterViewer
DNR Interactive Web Mapping Applications is a directory to the Internet geographic information systems hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/applist.html
Pre-1989 Well Construction Reports https://datcpgis.wi.gov/WellLogs
Web Soil Survey, hosted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, is a great tool for getting at the information contained in the Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) databases. The application allows users to define an area of interest, extract key metrics and print an informative map http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm
Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA), developed by Purdue University, is a suite of region-specific modeling tools that estimate impacts of land use change on water resources https://engineering.purdue.edu/~lthia/
OneGeology Portal advertises that they are "Making Geological Map Data for the Earth Accessible" http://portal.onegeology.org/
EarthNow near real-time LANDSAT imagery http://earthnow.usgs.gov/
Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
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