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The National Geodetic Survey Receives Honors for Exceptional Work Using GIS Technology

San Diego, California—The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will be recognized for excellence in the geographic information system (GIS) field with a 2006 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award at the Twenty-sixth Annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California. ESRI, the world leader in GIS software, presents the award to organizations and agencies that display dedication and commitment through their use of GIS technology. The winners of the award are chosen out of more than 150,000 organizations worldwide.

“The SAG awards celebrate the achievement and vision of innovators in the GIS field,” says Jack Dangermond, ESRI president. “Each winner brings benefits to their communities and influences others to do the same.”

A GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. With a GIS, users can link information to location data such as people to addresses, buildings to parcels, or streets within a network. This innovative technology enables users to layer the information and present a visual representation for analysis that leads to more informed decisions and a better understanding of their communities, businesses, and the environment.

NGS sets the standards in the science of measurement. The organization is essential to the work that land surveyors, engineers, architects, GIS professionals, and other spatial scientists conduct. NGS integrates GIS into its services as a management tool and for outreach to mappers of all professions.

GIS technology enables NGS to enhance its data delivery mechanisms to customers. The agency moved from a system where users downloaded datasets to enter into a GIS, to providing a direct geospatial link to NGS data, making it easier for customers to access the data. By more efficiently serving the components of the National Spatial Reference System, local communities have easier access to information that provides the foundation for transportation and communication, accurate elevation data for all types of position and navigation needs, information about safe locations for construction in flood prone areas, and the ability to use much more information offered by NGS.

Some of the other organizations being honored at the 2006 User Conference include The Royal Court, Kingdom of Bahrain; USGS National Wetlands Research Center; Geological Survey of Austria; City of Philadelphia Mayor Office; Library of Congress; Nova Scotia Community College Centre of Geographic Sciences; Missouri Botanical Gardens; and Charlotte County, Florida.

To learn more about all of the 2006 SAG Award winners as well as previous years’ winners, visit www.esri.com/sag. Visit www.esri.com for more information about GIS technology and its applications.

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