MAPPS Announces 2012 President's Award Recipients
Friday, August 10, 2012
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Posted by: Nick Palatiello
MAPPS, the national association
for private sector geospatial firms, recognized 10 individuals for significant
contributions to the association and the profession at the association's recent
annual conference in Snowmass, CO.
Richard "Dick” McDonald, CP, PLS
(T3 Global Strategies, Inc., Bridgeville, PA) President, recognized the
following individuals for Presidential Awards: - Eric Andelin, CP, GISP (Woolpert,
Inc., Garland, TX) for service as Program Committee Chairman;
- Steve Ellis, GISP (AeroMetric,
Inc., Lock Haven, PA ) for contributions as President of the MAPPS chapter in Pennsylvania;
- Jeff Lovin (Woolpert, Inc.,
Dayton, OH) for his work as delegate to COGO, Nominations Committee Chairman, on
Bylaws, and on UAVs;
- Alan Mikuni, PE (Towill, Inc.,
Concord, CA) for his leadership as Chairman of the Geospatial User Fee Working
Group;
- Chris Ogier (Woolpert, Inc.
Atlanta, GA) for his work organizing the MAPPS state chapter in Georgia;
- Pat Olson, CP, PE, PLS
(AeroMetric, Inc., Sheboygan, WI) for his work on LiDAR policy with FAA, as
MAPPS delegate to COFPAES, and as chairman of the MAPPS PAC and the MAPPS-USGS
Liaison;
- Gary Outlaw (Merrick &
Company, Aurora, CO) for his service as the first President of the MAPPS State
Chapter in Colorado;
- Brian Raber, CMS, GLS, GISP
(Merrick & Company, Aurora, CO) for his testimony before Congress on the
Map It Once, Use It Many Times (MIO-UIMT) Act, H.R. 4233 and the Federal Land
Asset inventory Reform (FLAIR) Act, H.R. 1620;
- Mike Tully, CP, GISP (Aerial
Services, Inc., Cedar Falls, IA) for development of a government cost estimating
document; and
- Jim Van Rens (Riegl USA, Orlando,
FL) for his work on FAA policy regarding LiDAR operations.
Scott Perkins (T-Kartor USA, St. Louis,
MO) was given special recognition for his dedication to the organization after fulfilling
four terms on the MAPPS Board. Mr. Perkins had been a member of the Board of
Directors for eight years.
"MAPPS would not have accomplished what
it has over the past 30 years and continue to effectively represent the private
sector without the efforts and involvement of the volunteer members who make up this association. The President’s
Award recognizes those individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty serving
the organization. These awards are an expression of my gratitude to each of
these individuals who dedicate so much time and talent to the organization to
make a better profession,” said McDonald. About MAPPS
Formed in 1982, MAPPS is
the only national association exclusively comprised of private firms in the
remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the
United States. The MAPPS membership spans the entire spectrum of the geospatial
community, including Member Firms engaged in satellite and airborne remote
sensing, surveying, photogrammetry, aerial photography, LIDAR, hydrography,
bathymetry, charting, aerial and satellite image processing, GPS, and GIS data
collection and conversion services. MAPPS also includes Associate Member Firms,
which are companies that provide hardware, software, products and services to
the geospatial profession in the United States and other firms from around the
world. Independent Consultant Members are sole proprietors engaged in
consulting in or to the geospatial profession, or provides a consulting service
of interest to the geospatial profession.
MAPPS provides its 160+
member firms opportunities for networking and developing business-to-business
relationships, information sharing, education, public policy advocacy, market
growth, and professional development and image enhancement.
For more information on MAPPS, please visit www.MAPPS.org.
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