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MetroGIS is an award-winning, regional geographic
information systems initiative serving the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul
(Minnesota) metropolitan area. It provides a regional forum to promote and
facilitate widespread sharing of geospatial data. MetroGIS is a voluntary
collaboration of local and regional governments, with partners in state and
federal government, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations and
businesses.
MetroGIS is a recipient of URISA's Exemplary Systems in
Government (ESIG) Award for Enterprise Systems. See the
Awards section for more
information.
Vision
The vision for the result of MetroGIS’s efforts, or destination expected to be attained, is “organizations serving the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area are successfully collaborating to use geographic information technology to solve real world problems".
Mission
MetroGIS exists “to expand stakeholders' capacity to address shared geographic information technology needs and maximize investments in existing resources through widespread collaboration of organizations that serve the Twin Cities metropolitan area”.
Measurable Results
The collaborative community of MetroGIS recognizes the need to achieve measurable results within the following outcome areas:
- Expanded resource availability through partnering
- More efficient use of resources through reduction of duplicative costs
- More efficient and effective core stakeholder operations
- Enhanced and broadened understanding of the region
- Expanded participation by users, contributors and jurisdictions adjoining the Twin City metropolitan area
Announcements
- Next-Generation MetroGIS Needs Assessment
A Request for Proposals was issued on August 16, 2010. The deadline for submission of proposals is September 3, 2010. Questions are due by Thursday, August 19, 2010. Click here for responses to questions from prospective proposers. They will be posted on or before August 23, 2010.
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Measuring Public Value of Geospatial Commons: A MetroGIS Case Study
Task 1 of 4 is nearing completion. It focuses on cost and benefits internal to Hennepin County for utilizing geospatial technical to create, management, use parcel data in support of the County’s business functions. For more information go to the project website.
Current
Please contact us - we appreciate your
comments about MetroGIS.
Terry Schneider, City of Minnetonka, A.M.M., Policy
Board Chair
Sally Wakefield, 1000 Friends of Minnesota, Coordinating
Committee Chair
Randall Johnson, MetroGIS Staff Coordinator
390 Robert Street North
Saint Paul, MN 55101
phone: 651-602-1638
fax: 651-602-1674
metrogis-contacts@metc.state.mn.us
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