{"id":9781,"date":"2018-08-31T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=9781"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:47","slug":"lsa-it-honored-for-special-achievement-in-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/31\/lsa-it-honored-for-special-achievement-in-gis\/","title":{"rendered":"LSA IT honored for special achievement in GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9783\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9783\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9783\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-196x140.jpg 196w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-280x200.jpg 280w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-60x42.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Knoop (l) and Abbey Roelofs (r) of LSA IT accept the Special Achievement in GIS award from Jack Dangermond (c), Esri founder and president. (Esri)<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, presented LSA IT with Esri&#8217;s Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on July\u00a011 at the annual Esri User Conference. Selected from over 300,000 eligible candidates, <a href=\"https:\/\/events.esri.com\/conference\/sagList\/?fa=Detail&amp;SID=2609\">LSA IT received the award<\/a> for its innovative application of mapping, data analytics, and thought leadership in higher-education research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The SAG Awards are meant to show appreciation for organizations that are using GIS to solve some of the world&#8217;s toughest challenges. Through &#8220;The Science of Where&#8221;\u2014the technology of GIS combined with the science of geography\u2014the users honored with these awards are demonstrating the most groundbreaking and transformative possibilities of GIS software.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The award recognized LSA IT\u2019s efforts to provide ready and easy access to GIS technologies at an enterprise scale, enabling GIS to be utilized by anyone at the university, from novice to professional GIS analyst. It also recognized the role of LSA IT in facilitating the adoption of GIS in domains in the liberal arts and sciences that have not traditionally been GIS users, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Assisting the Judaic Studies department, where <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/judaic\/news-events\/all-news\/archived-news\/2015\/111\/a-digital-map-of-historical-cafes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/judaic\/news-events\/all-news\/archived-news\/2015\/111\/a-digital-map-of-historical-cafes.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535720198805000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElWyFXFRUWelaedK3GdzzuZdFrvA\">Story Maps have become a mainstay of several courses<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Developing innovative approaches to GIS for field-based research and teaching through collaborative projects with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/notionsurvey\/\">Kelsey Museum of Archaeology<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/earth\/camp-davis\/geology-field-course.html\">Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Efforts to scale field GIS support through the sharing of best practices to benefit faculty and students across the college<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">LSA IT was one of 180 organizations in areas such as commercial industry, defense, transportation, nonprofit work, telecommunications, and government to receive a SAG Award; only three higher-ed institutions we recognized worldwide. Esri staff annually nominate hundreds of candidates from around the world for consideration, and Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president, selects the finalists.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">David DiBiase, Director of Education at Esri, nominated LSA IT for the award, citing LSA IT\u2019s, \u201cwillingness to share lessons learned about advanced applications of enterprise GIS in an academic context.\u201d David further noted that LSA IT\u2019s efforts, \u201cHave positioned it as one of the GIS Education Community&#8217;s most respected, helpful, and influential members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, presented LSA IT with Esri&#8217;s Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on July\u00a011 at the annual Esri User Conference. Selected from over 300,000 eligible candidates, LSA IT received the award for its innovative application of mapping, data analytics, and thought leadership in higher-education research and teaching. The SAG Awards are meant\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/31\/lsa-it-honored-for-special-achievement-in-gis\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":9783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[175,158,174],"class_list":["post-9781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-award","tag-gis","tag-lsa"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-196x140.jpg",196,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-280x200.jpg",280,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600-600x300.jpg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",600,429,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2609_600.jpg",350,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Peter A. 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