Of note.The city of Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. was presented with an Award of Excellence at
the ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. Regional User Conference in Regina. Alex Miller For Australian novelist, see .Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949, in Glasgow) is a Scottish football coach and former football player. Miller is a fully qualified European licenced coach. , president of ESRI Canada, presented the award in recognition of the city of Saskatoon's successful implementation of an enterprise geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS). More than 100 GIS professionals were on hand for the presentation, which was one of the highlights of the conference. "The city of Saskatoon is one of the first cities in Western Canada
Western Canada, commonly referred to as the West to implement a multi-user geodatabase that will support multiple business areas within the city" said Miller. "The city of Saskatoon developed a sophisticated GIS without having a large team of developers to draw resources from. Their work with the geodatabase, including design and maintenance procedures, has set a benchmark for other cities in Canada This is a list of incorporated cities of Canada in alphabetical order categorized by province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province. Significant cities . Their efforts are commendable." The city of Saskatoon has more than 60,000 ownership parcels and 1,000 kilometres of roadways. The city of Saskatoon employs about 2,784 staff in five departments. "Receiving this award is a great honor for the city of Saskatoon," said Kevin Shewchuk, GIS coordinator for the city of Saskatoon. "Our project team has worked extremely hard, and we believe that with the help of ESRI we have developed a state-of-the-art enterprise GIS solution that will serve us greatly for many years to come." ESRI Canada presents Awards of Excellence annually to organizations and individuals across the country for their outstanding achievement in the application of GIS technology. |
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