City of Aurora Receives GITA’s Innovator Award

San Antonio, Texas, March 5, 2007 —The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced today that the City of Aurora, Colorado, was named the recipient of the 2007 GITA Innovator Award. The award recognizes the unique and significant contributions of organizations that have used geospatial technology in the innovative development of a technology, service, or application. The award was presented during GITA’s Annual Conference 30, being held March 4-7, 2007, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Development on Aurora Connect started in January 2005. The project’s objective was to provide all relevant geographic information based upon an entered address to Aurora’s citizens and businesses via one Web site—AuroraGov.org. The project started by providing information about council, city events, neighborhoods, and property information for an entered address, and has grown to include business tax and license data, building permits, public records, school districts, links to county assessors, and a rich interactive GIS mapping experience. The Aurora Connect Web site continues to grow in the breadth of information provided and number of visitors.

“The City of Aurora is proud to have been recognized for our Aurora Connect application with an Innovator Award by GITA—the preeminent GIS industry association,” said Bill Keever, GIS coordinator, the City of Aurora.

For more information about GITA’s Awards Program, visit http://gita.org/about-gita/awards_program/index.asp, call 303-337-0513, or e-mail info@gita.org.

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About GITA:

The mission of the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is to provide excellence in education, information exchange and applied research on the use and benefits of geospatial information and technology in business, utility and government applications worldwide. GITA’s Annual Conference 30 will be held March 4-7, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. Visit GITA on the Web at www.gita.org.