SAG Awards

Every year the Special Achievement in GIS award honors an elite group of organizations that have embraced GIS technology to better serve our world.

2007

• Chas. H. Sells, Inc., Massachusetts—Pictured above
• Government of the Turks and Caicos - Lands and Surveys Department, Turks and Caicos, British West Indies

2006

• National Geodetic Survey, NGS, Maryland
• Geological Survey of Cyprus, Cyprus

2005

• Geological Survey Department, Ghana
• Lands Department of HKSAR Government, P.R. China—Photo
• Survey of India, India—Photo

2004

• Kentucky Geological Survey, Kentucky
• Cayman Island Government, Land and Survey Department, British West Indies
• International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Denmark

2003

Professional Surveyor Magazine received the SAG Award in part by their column In Line With GIS, written by the popular columnist Rj Zimmer. Rj, a licensed surveyor, is the GIS Center Manager for the City of Helena and Lewis & Clark County in Montana. In addition, Professional Surveyor Magazine has published many articles about GIS and the crucial need for surveying involvement. Professional Surveyor Magazine owns the GIS Monitor, edited by Adena Schutzberg, a popular weekly GIS e-newsletter that goes to more than 13,000 GIS professionals. "As a magazine that covers primarily land surveying and land development, we have always attempted to illustrate the vital link between land surveying and GIS," states award recipient Marc Cheves.

2002

The New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors (NJSPLS) is recognized for applying for and received an $180,000 grant to train 300 of its members in Real World Implementation of GIS. The NJSPLS addresses the traditional role of the surveyor is changing. To compete and survive in the current high-tech information age, a professional land surveyor has to fully understand modern surveying tools. He or she has to understand what GIS is. Surveyors have to learn how it works, what are its components and what are the factors that make a successful project with this technology. Additionally, the professional land surveyor needs to develop a skilled labor force that can assist in implementation of this new technology.

2001

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) is recognized for its objective to advance the sciences of surveying and mapping and related fields. Founded in June 1941, ACSM encompasses members who sought to better coordinate the nation's surveying and mapping activities. Today, the members of ACSM's Member Organizations include more than 7,000 surveyors, cartographers, geodesists, and other spatial data information professionals working in both public and private sectors throughout the world.