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Maryland State Highway Administration GIS Team
Reaps Honors
Group’s Innovative Applications Garner Three Awards in One Year
Redlands, California, The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) geographic
information system (GIS) team, which includes consultants from ESRI, the world's
foremost provider of geographic information software, and Digital Engineering
Corporation of Columbia, Maryland, has been honored for its applications development
in the department's enterprisewide GIS. This ArcView GIS-based application has
improved the department’s transportation planning and analysis capabilities.
In March 2000, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO) recognized the SHA GIS team as an Exemplary Partner as part of
its national recognition program. The team was cited for its role in oversight of consultant
activities as well as its development efforts, such as database implementation, staff
training, system testing, and cartographic work to successfully deliver the GIS.
Additional recognition went to the SHA GIS team last year when Maryland Governor
Parris N. Glendening and Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend awarded it
one of their annual Quality Awards for helping to make the State government more
efficient and responsive to citizens. The SHA team was recognized as the State-wide
winner in the annual competition for the best innovative information technology team.
“Our State employees are working harder and smarter than ever before and are
committed to raising expectations and getting results,” said Townsend.
SHA’s staff uses the GIS to analyze roadway features such as locations of bridges,
pavement conditions, accident locations, signal locations, and traffic volume. An easy-to-
use application called the SHA GIS Data Viewer enables users to integrate data stored in
various offices and locations, spatially analyze it, and overlay it onto county maps.
“Our ability to successfully develop and deliver a powerful new analytical tool, which
has received widespread approval from our internal customers, had its foundation in
SHA, the consultants from ESRI, and Digital Engineering Corporation undertaking the
project as partners in an exciting creative opportunity,” said Bill Walsek, SHA’s manager
of GIS.
Also acknowledging the achievements of her colleagues, Holly Butler, ESRI program
manager, said, “One of the main reasons for the success of this project was that it really
was a team effort with staff from the SHA GIS team, ESRI, and Digital Engineering
Corporation working together toward a well-defined goal.”
In June 1999, the SHA GIS team also won ESRI’s Special Achievement Award.
“Every year the Special Achievement Award honors an elite group of organizations that
have embraced GIS technology to serve the world better. I believe their outstanding
accomplishments have laid the groundwork for others to follow,” said Jack Dangermond,
ESRI president.
ESRI was founded in 1969 as a research group devoted to improving methods of handling
geographically referenced data. Today, ESRI is the leading developer of geographic information
system (GIS) software, with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides
consulting, implementation, and technical support services. In addition to its headquarters in
California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in
more than 90 countries, and more than 1,050 resellers and developers. ESRI’s goal is to provide
users with comprehensive tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic
information to make a real difference in the world around them. ESRI can be found on the World
Wide Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, ArcView, and the ESRI globe logo are trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute,
Inc., registered in the United States and certain other countries; registration is pending in the European
Community. GIS by ESRI is a trademark and www.esri.com and @esri.com are service marks of
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Other companies and products mentioned herein are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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