This distinguished award recognizes an individual's outstanding contribution and longstanding commitment to the geospatial industry. GITA's Board of Directors carefully evaluates nominees for this prestigious award using a stringent set of criteria. Candidates for this award include those whose pioneering spirit and demonstrated dedication have contributed greatly to the geospatial industry and whose example serves as an inspiration to others. The Geospatial Industry Lifetime Achievement Award is presented at the annual GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. Nominations are open to any current or former member of the geospatial community. Click here for the application for the Geospatial Industry Lifetime Achievement Award.

2010
Roger Tomlinson, Tomlinson Associates Ltd.

2007
Michael F. Goodchild, University of California

2006
C. Warren Ferguson, CWFerg

2005
Sakura Shinoaki, Otsuma Women's University

2004
Jack Dangermond, ESRI
Richard Newell, Ten Sails Consulting

This award is bestowed on an individual for extraordinary personal contribution to the mission and success of the association at the North American level. Candidates for this esteemed award have many years of dedicated service or have worked on significant projects in support of GITA’s strategic initiatives, giving unselfishly of their time and energy to advance the association. Their purposeful commitment has made a definitive and positive impact on the association. The GITA Distinguished Service Award is presented at the annual GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference, where award recipients are inducted into the GITA Hall of Fame. Nominations are open to any current or former member of GITA North America. Click here for the application for the Distinguished Service Award.

2010
Dan Bowditch, Starboard Consulting Inc.

2009
J. Peter Gomez, Xcel Energy

2008
David DiSera, First Insurance Company of Hawaii

2007
Thomas J. Tym, Reukert & Mielke, Inc.

2006
Charles Howard
Ashok Wadwani, Applied Field DataSystems Inc.

2005
Keith McDaniel

2004
John A. Middlestead, DTE Energy Gas/MichCon

This award recognizes a user organization that has recently pushed the envelope of geospatial technology through the innovative development of a unique technology, service, or application to produce a new benefit stream for geospatial technology users. This innovative development should have occurred within the past year. Candidates for this award include end user organizations whose vision and forward thinking have resulted in the successful implementation of a new and original geospatial application, process (or technology) that benefits their customers. As a leading-edge provider of education and information for the worldwide geospatial community, GITA gives this award to honor and recognize innovation in its many forms. The GITA Innovator Award is presented at the annual GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. Nominations are open to all User organizations. Click here for the application for the Innovator Award.

2010
Panhandle Energy, Houston, Texas

2008
Verizon, Temple Terrace, Florida

2007
City of Aurora, Aurora, Colorado
City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Emergency Management Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

2006
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, Florida
Guilford County Public Health Preparedness Team, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
New Orleans Mayor's Office of Technology, New Orleans, Louisiana
PSE&G, Newark, New Jersey

2005
Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Cooperative, Jacksonville, N.C.
MassGIS, Boston, Mass.

Pioneer Award Winners

2001 Salt River Project
1995 IMAGIS
1992 City of Edmonton
1991 San Diego Gas and Electric Company
1990 Southern Bell Telephone Company
1989 Public Service Company of Colorado

GITA's Excellence Award is an overall industry award that recognizes a user organization for its outstanding application of geospatial technology. Candidates for the Excellence Award demonstrate dedication, insight and a high degree of initiative in implementing, managing and expanding multifaceted geospatial systems incorporating multiple applications that reach across their organization. The award recognizes the effective accomplishments of organizations that serve as exemplars of quality, whose overall success with geospatial infrastructure solutions leads others by the example they set. The Excellence Award is presented at the annual GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. Nominations are open to all GITA User Affiliate Member organizations. Click here for the application for the Excellence Award.

Excellence Award Winners

GITA’s Speaker Award program, established in 1992, recognizes speakers who received excellent ratings on their presentations at the association's conferences. The award is given to the top 5 percent of total speakers, as ranked by the conference attendees.

2010 Speaker Award Winners

Susan Ancel, EPCOR
Aging Infrastructure Seminar

Dave Henderson, Topcon Positioning Systems
3D Mobile Mapping

Mark A. Kiebe, P.E., City of Portland
High Resolution Risk Assessment Methodologies for Combined and Sanitary Sewer Systems Advanced Asset Management

William Stone, National Geodetic Survey
Products and Services of the National Geodetic Survey

Stephen Swazee, Emergency Preparedness Committee
Revolution Underway-GIS and Emergency Management in Minnesota

2009 Speaker Award Winners