2016 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government Award Recipients Announced

URISA Is pleased to announce the recipients of 2016 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA’s ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. The award competition is open to all public agencies at the federal, state/provincial, regional and local levels. Applications were submitted within Enterprise and Single Process System categories. The 2016 Enterprise System Category Winner is “Think Outside the Map” submitted by John Nerge, GISP, GIS Coordinator for the City of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The 2016 Single Process System Category Winner is the “ City of Hamilton’s Spatially Indexed Engineering Records System (SPIDER)” submitted by Gord McGuire, Manager of Geomatics & Corridor Management, and Charlie Lauricella, Senior Project Manager, for the City of Hamilton Public Works, Hamilton, Ontario. www.gis-pro.org.