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Avineon Continues to Provide GIS Support for MAF/TIGER Mapping Project for the U.S. Census Bureau
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 Avineon, Inc., a successful
provider of IT, engineering, geospatial and program management services,
announced that Harris Corporation has exercised option year two of an
indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) subcontract with Avineon. The
U.S. Census Bureau originally awarded the MAF/TIGER(R) AIP (Master Address
File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing Accuracy
Improvement Project) contract to Harris Corporation in June 2002. Harris
Corporation is the prime contractor and Avineon is a subcontractor on the
Program.
The MAF/TIGER databases are used to support the mapping, geographic
analysis and Geographic Information System (GIS) activities of the U.S. Census
Bureau in meeting the statistical data needs of its many customers. The MAF
is designed to be a complete and current list of all addresses and locations
where people live and work, covering an estimated 115 million residences, as
well as 60 million businesses and other structures in the United States. The
TIGER portion of the project is a digital database that identifies the type,
location and name of streets, rivers, railroads and other geographic features,
and geospatially defines their relationships to each other, to the MAF
addresses, and to numerous other entities. The two databases are maintained
by the U.S. Census Bureau's Geography Division.
Avineon's primary role is realignment of existing TIGER data to an
improved reference dataset consisting of aerial imagery and ancillary vector
data. The end dataset will result in a more spatially accurate GIS, enabling
Census Bureau field personnel to locate streets and addresses during the 2010
census and beyond.
"Avineon's performance on the project has consistently fulfilled the
requirements of Harris Corporation and the U.S. Census Bureau with an accuracy
rate of more than 98 percent," said Victoria Carlin, subcontracts manager for
Harris Corporation. "Avineon's quality work and on-time delivery of action
requirements were instrumental in the successful completion of option year one
on the MAF/TIGER project."
During option year one of the subcontract, Avineon delivered data for 242
counties with 100 percent of the deliveries on or before the scheduled date.
Avineon's consistent high-quality work in processing large volumes of
geospatial data prompted Harris Corporation to award the company its Supplier
Excellence Small Business Supplier of the Year award for 2004 from a pool of
18,000 companies.
"We're excited to have the opportunity to continue working with an
established industry leader such as Harris Corporation to create an advanced,
digital database for the U.S. Census Bureau that accurately reflects
geographic census data," said Gary Wilkison, vice president of geospatial and
engineering services for Avineon.
About Avineon
Avineon, a CMMI Maturity Level 3 and ISO 9001:2000 registered company, is
a diversified high technology company that provides Information Technology
(IT), engineering, geospatial and program management services. With
headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and offices in Alabama and Florida,
Avineon employs more than 140 staff in the United States, and with
subsidiaries in Europe and India employs more than 400 total staff. In IT,
Avineon specializes in web-based architecture, systems engineering,
application development, and on-going network and security support. For
additional information please visit http://www.avineon.com.
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