Esri Awards GIS Users for Innovation and Global Contribution
Summary
"This years awardees demonstrate how geospatial technology can be a powerful tool for governments and businesses to understand the world around them in order to make better decisions," said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president. "The organizations recognized today are using GIS to innovate data sharing, sustainable energy, and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. " The Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award winners will be recognized at the 2020 Esri User Conference during the Plenary Session. Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, offers the most powerful geospatial cloud available, to help customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, all 50 state governments, more than half of all counties (large and small), and 87 of the Forbes Top 100 Colleges in the U.S., as well as all 15 Executive Departments of the U.S. Government and dozens of independent agencies.
