GIS Heroes

Creating Geospatial Infrastructure That Delivers During Disasters

Driven by Passion and Purpose

Mapping a Career of Quiet Impact

The Power to Help

Designing for Good to Save Lives in Louisville

Connecting the Dots Between GIS and Public Service

Planting Seeds of Geocollaboration in Arizona and Beyond

How a Minneapolis Trailblazer Brought GIS to the Heart of Public Works

A Visionary CTO Leaves a Legacy of Collaboration, Equity in Tacoma, Washington

How a Passion for People, Nature, and GIS Inspired an Innovator’s Career

Intelligence Analyst Empowers Colleagues Across the NYPD with GIS

Professor Cultivates a Framework for Exploration

Captivated by Imagery, a Pioneering Radar Expert Builds a Legacy in Education

Progressive GIS Use Helps Conserve Natural Resources

A Self-Learner Becomes an Influential GIS Lecturer

Working Together to Create Beautiful Science

Fun-Loving GIS Evangelist Brought Street Map Data to the Forefront

A Go-Getter Encourages Other Women to Level Up Their Careers

A GIS Innovator Pursues Her “Mappiness”

A Leader Who Embodies the Mission

Empowering Others with GIS

Problem Solver Leads Pandemic Response by the State of Maryland

In Unique Circumstances, Educator Teaches GIS in Class and on TV

Finding Ways to Apply GIS in a Crisis and Every Day

Professor Uses GIS to Provide Simple Answers to Complex Questions

GIS Manager Puts People at the Center of GIS

GIS Educator Leaves No Facet of the Field Untouched

A Little Innovation Goes a Long Way

A Business Need Turns into a Passion and a Means for Gaining—and Using—a Voice

Responding to a Hurricane from the Woods, and Being Ready for the Future of GIS

A Vision for Geographically Enabling Government

Mapping Open Spaces and Extending Conservation's Reach

In a City So Big, No Detail Too Small

Pioneer in Enterprise GIS Education Makes Sure Each Student Succeeds

Using GIS to Revolutionize Development, from Egypt to the Rest of Africa

Cultivating Global Connections Through GIS

At the Helm of Making Communities Smarter

Making Spatial Awareness Stick at Miami-Dade County

Pioneering Enterprise GIS, One Relationship at a Time

Visionary Inspires Kids and Adults with GIS

Preserving Indigenous Lands to Ensure a Collective Future

Using GIS for a Greater Good

On the Fringes of Possibility

Scientist Finds Life's Work in Digitally Mapping the Earth's Ecosystems

Tireless Proponent Continues Leading Role in GIS

A Team Player on the Lookout for Enterprise Opportunities

A Cartographer's Life in Relief

Sterling Harris: Steward of Texas Land and Water

GIS Evangelist Tom McConnell Takes the Road Less Traveled

Quick Learner Saves San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Millions of Dollars

Nadika Senadheera Makes a Serious Difference

Mark DePenning

Providing Information as a Resource—Responding to Superstorm Sandy

Greg Babinski: Tireless Advocate for Expanding GIS Use in Local Government

Ahead of His Time

Beth Timmons

James Cameron—A Unifier Many Times Over

Janice Thomson: Tireless Wilderness Advocate

Paul Tessar Is the Johnny Appleseed of GIS

Rosario C. Giusti de Pérez Brings Urban Planning to the Slums of Venezuela

Mukund Rao Steers Data and GIS for Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Gary Moll Wants People and Nature to Work Together

Governor Martin O'Malley Leads with GIS

USGS' Leslie Armstrong-GIS Hero

Cindi Salas' Passion for GIS Is Undeniable

Saving the World, One Parcel at a Time

GIS Administrator Inspired to Make a Difference

Environmental Advocate Creates Path to More Informed and Effective Conservation Efforts

URISA's GISCorps Is a Place for Service

GIS Pioneer: Henning Sten Hansen-Denmark's First Professor in Geoinformatics

GIS Emissaries Build Communities of Harmony

David Blankinship at the Forefront of Fire Service Applications

High-School Teacher Paul Tweed Uses GIS to Encourage Higher-Level Thinking

Commissioner Randy Johnson Evangelizes Importance of GIS at Local and National Level