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Smith, State Transportation Data Administrator, Georgia Department of Transportation, Chamblee, Georgia: Serving state agencies, 159 counties, and more than 500 cities, the process provides a single, accurate, and up-to-date road database (55,000 miles of road centerline) covering the entire state.\r\n<h3>Distinguished System<\/h3>\r\n\"Show Me My House\" for Snow Ordinance Searches (Des Moines, Iowa)\u2014Anna Whipple, GISP, GIS manager, City of Des Moines, Iowa.\r\n\r\nFor more information and to read the winning system submissions, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urisa.org\/awards\/exemplary-systems-in-government\">www.urisa.org\/awards\/exemplary-systems-in-government<\/a>."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2013 URISA ESIG Awards Announced | Fall 2013 | ArcNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"URISA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. 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