ESRI International User Conference 2007
June 18, 2007
Press Information:
Nikki Snowhite
ESRI
Tel.: 909-793-2853
extension 1-2194
E-mail: press@esri.com
San Diego, California—County of Pima, Arizona, stood out from
more than 300,000 organizations worldwide that use geographic information
system (GIS) software to make a difference in the world. ESRI will present
the organization with a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award at the 27th
Annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California, June
20.
“ESRI recognizes the passion of our very special users with our Special
Achievement in GIS award,” says Jack Dangermond, ESRI president. “The
effectiveness of these people to infuse our technology into their real
world contexts creates meaning for our efforts. For this we are
grateful.”
GIS is a software tool for exploring geographic relationships to better
understand how the world works and how it is evolving, connecting, and
changing. Virtually unlimited amounts of information can be linked to a
geographic location, allowing users to see regions, counties,
neighborhoods, and the people who live in them with clarity to solve
real-world problems from tracking delivery vehicles to modeling global
atmospheric circulation. Government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and
other organizations rely on the software to analyze their communities and
make better decisions for their well-being.
Pima County, Arizona, uses GIS technology for all aspects of their
geospatial data management. The technology is critical in areas such as
transportation, county- wide street network management, infrastructure
inventory and management, planning and construction, flood control, and
regional planning. County employees use the GIS to provide current
information and improved services to their customers. By bringing together
a wealth of external data and scanned documents with GIS data, employees
can explore volumes of data and information from their desks.
Community members also benefit directly from the county’s GIS. They
can access information through the county’s Web-based mapping services,
enabling them to quickly and easily look up government-related data
without leaving their houses.
Other organizations being honored at the 2007 ESRI International User
Conference include Society for Conservations GIS, Kenya; National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service; The Lyse
Energi, Norway; Illinois Department of Transportation; Ball State
University and Afterimage GIS; and the Kentucky Department of Public
Health.
To learn more about the 2007 SAG Award winners as well as view previous
years’ winners, visit www.esri.com/sag. Go to www.esri.com for more
information about GIS technology and its applications.
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the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in
GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide
including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most
national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and
more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on
more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise
servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial
analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical
solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit
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