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Indiana University earns top honors for innovative use of GIS technology
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's work with geographic information system (GIS) software was recognized recently with a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award at the 27th Annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, Calif.
IU stood out from more than 300,000 organizations worldwide that use GIS software to make a difference in the world.
IU's Anna Radue; Jack Dangermond, president, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.; IU's Michael Halla; and Michael Mannio, IU consultant.
In addition to the online application, Indiana University offers courses in GIS for undergraduate and graduate students in multiple curricula and GIS certification programs. Forty departments and 23 research centers use GIS to support their research and academic activities. In addition, the university's Facilities Information Management System uses the technology to manage facilities on all eight Indiana University campuses.
"ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) recognizes the passion of our very special users with our Special Achievement in GIS award," said 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.
Other organizations honored at the 2007 ESRI International User Conference included 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, and to learn more information about GIS technology and its applications go to www.esri.com .
About ESRI
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around 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 www.esri.com.
About Indiana University
Indiana University is one of the oldest state universities in the Midwest and also one of the largest universities in the United States with more than 110,000 students, faculty and staff on eight campuses. IU has a national reputation in the areas of information technology and advanced networking. For more information, see https://www.iu.edu/.
University Information Technology Services (UITS) at Indiana University, with offices on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, develops and maintains a modern information technology environment throughout the university in support of IU's vision for excellence in research, teaching, outreach and lifelong learning. UITS provides tools and services to support the academic and administrative work of the university, including supercomputers for data analysis and visualization. For more information, see https://uits.iu.edu/.
