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GITA Publishes Fourth Annual Geospatial Technology Report

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December 6, 2001--Aurora, Colo. The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced the publication of The Geospatial Technology Report--2001: A Survey of Organizations Implementing Geospatial Information Technologies. The report contains detailed information on the completeness, complexity, and direction of geographic information system (GIS) projects being implemented at 157 infrastructure-based organizations. The 66-page report on CD is divided into five industry sections: electric, gas, pipeline, telecommunications, and water/sewer/storm. It provides cross-industry analyses as well as detailed information on individual industries. Project status information includes landbase accuracy, sophistication, conversion completion, and information maintenance cycles; and facilities conversion, sophistication, maintenance cycles, applications, and interfaces. The report is the fourth in a series that the association publishes annually.

Hal Gentry, Autodesk, Inc., is the immediate past Chair of GITA’s Information Technology Advisory Group (ITAG), and editor of this year’s report. He said, “We are sure that readers will find the contents of the report informative and beneficial. The report once again includes key industry trends with the top 10 technologies and applications and pertinent information on the current status of various GIT projects.”

The report will be provided free of charge to survey participants. It is available to GITA individual members for $85 and to nonmembers for $125. Copies of the report may be ordered online at www.gita.org , or by contacting GITA headquarters at 303-337-0513 or info@gita.org. For information on participating in the 2002 report, visit the GITA Web site at www.gita.org or contact Molly Sausaman at 303-337-0513, e-mail msausaman@gita.org.

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