Redlands, California-ESRI, the leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) software and spatial solutions for local government, and Trimble, a leading innovator of global positioning system (GPS) technology, announce the winners of the 2004 ESRI and Trimble Mobile Government Grant Series.
Totaling $170,000, the ESRI and Trimble software, hardware, and training grants have been awarded to 20 state, regional, and local governments within the United States. The grant called for applications in the categories of homeland security and planning.
The 2004 ESRI and Trimble Mobile Government Grant recipients are * State of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department * City of Newport News, Virginia, Department of Public Works * South Santa Clara County Fire District, California * Tallahassee-Leon County GIS, Florida * City of South San Francisco, California, Information Technology Department * City of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, (WCICC-IT, Woodbury County Emergency Management, City Assessor, County Assessor, Sioux City Police Department) * Northwestern Water and Sewer District, Ohio * Jackson County, Illinois, Emergency Telephone System Board * Iredell County, North Carolina, GIS/Mapping Department * City of San Diego, California, Planning Department * City of Covington, Virginia, Office of Emergency Services * City of North Miami, Florida, Department of Community Planning and Development * State of Tennessee, Department of Safety, Critical Incident Response Team * City of El Paso, Texas, Department of Planning, Research and Development, IT/GIS Division * Frederick County, Virginia, Department of Planning and Development * City of Indio, California, Community Development Services * East Central Iowa Council of Governments, Iowa * Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, New York * Old Colony Planning Council, Massachusetts * Northeast Florida Regional Council, Florida The ESRI and Trimble Mobile Government Grant Program was established with two goals in mind. The first objective is to provide assistance to federal, state, regional, and local government agencies in establishing 20 models that demonstrate concepts related to the development and implementation of innovative GIS and GPS applications aimed at improving government processes. The second objective is to provide reusable applications that can be shared between governments with similar projects via ESRI's public domain Web site.
The ESRI and Trimble Mobile Government Grant Program is a vehicle to provide additional applications specific to mobile government. Applications developed through the grant recipients will be posted on the ESRI public domain Web site beginning in April 2005. Government agencies can visit this Web site to download applications that have been posted throughout the past year and exchange ideas on issues that affect their communities, helping them better serve the public. Through the ESRI and Trimble Mobile Government Demonstration Project and the ArcPad public domain Web site, governments can continue to meet their objectives by the open exchange of ideas and shared resources.
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