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100 Best Corporate Citizens 2007
Environmental responsibility. Corporate governance and ethics. Fairness toward employees. Accountability to local communities. Providing responsible products and service to customers. Maintaining a healthy rate of return for investors.
Those are just some of the challenges of responsible business in the 21st century, challenges that are being met head-on by the 100 companies listed. These are the 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2007—companies that are proving that good corporate citizenship and good business go hand in hand.
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list takes a systematic approach to assessing the social and environmental characteristics of a good corporate citizen. The list is drawn from approximately 1,100 publicly held U.S. companies in the Russell 1000, S&P 500 and Domini 400 indices, relying on extensive data collected by KLD Research & Analytics, an independent investment research firm in Boston.
Sadly, there were no GIS firms on this list -- Grean Mountain Coffee Roasters was #1 and Principal Financial Group was # 100. Download the full list (
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first published week of: 02/26/2007
2007 ASPRS FELLOW AWARD WINNERS
RUSSELL G. CONGALTON, ALAN M. MIKUNI and NANCY K. TUBBS have been named the 2007 ASPRS Fellow Award winners. The ASPRS designation of Fellow is conferred on active Society members who have performed excep¬tional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences (photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, geographic information systems, and related disciplines). The designation of Fellow is awarded for pro¬fessional excellence and for service to the Society. Candidates are nominated by other active members, recommended to the Fellows Committee, and elected by the ASPRS Board of Directors. Up to 0.3 percent of the Society's active members may be elected as Fellows in any one year. The nominees must have made outstanding contributions in a recognized Society specialization whether in practice, research, development, administration, or education in the mapping sciences. Members of the Fellows Committee and the Executive Committee are ineligible for nomination. This year's awards will be given in May at the ASPRS 2007 Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida.
first published week of: 02/19/2007
2007 ASPRS Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild) Presented
The 2007 Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild) is awarded to Dr. George Y. G. Lee, who has an extremely broad knowledge of current geospatial technologies, digital sensor systems, and methods for acquiring all types of geospatial data; experience in systems and techniques development; development of data standards and quality assurance programs; the application of remote sensing and geographic information systems; and development of calibration, validation, and verification procedures for sensor systems. Lee is a Certified Photogrammetrist (ASPRS). He also was awarded both the Department of the Interior's Superior Service and Meritorious Service Awards.
The Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild) was established in 1943 to stimulate the development of the art of aerial photogrammetry in the United States. This award was originally sponsored by the Loral Fairchild Corporation and is now supported by Lockheed Martin. The award was presented during the ASPRS 2007 Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida May 7-11. It includes an engraved plaque.
first published week of: 05/07/2007
2007 ESRI Award Winners Announced By ASPRS
The ASPRS Journal Review Committee announced the winners of this year's ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS. The First Place winners are Suzanne P. Wechsler and Charles N. Kroll, “Quantifying DEM Uncertainty and Its Effect on Topographic Parameters,” PE&RS, 72 (9), 1081-1090. The Second Place goes to Jeremy Mennis, “Socioeconomic-Vegetation Relationships in Urban, Residential Land: The Case of Denver, Colorado,” PE&RS, 72 (8), 911-921. Third Place was awarded to Kurt H. Riitters, James D. Wickham, and Timothy G. Wade, “Evaluating Ecoregions for Sampling and Mapping Land-cover Patterns,” PE&RS, 72 (7), 781-797.
Presentation of the awards will take place in May during the ASPRS 2007 Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida. This Award is presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) through the ASPRS Foundation, with funding provided by a grant from ESRI. The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend those who publish papers of scientific merit in the advancement of knowledge about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The First Place winners are awarded a certificate and $500; Second Place winners receive a certificate and $300 and Third Place winners are given a certificate and $200.
first published week of: 04/30/2007
2007 NSDI CAP Grants now open
USGS and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has formally announced their request for proposals to support the 2007 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP). A total of $1.2 million has been made available to fund an estimated 26 innovative projects in spread across five geospatial data categories. Each project will focus on ways to build new and improve existing geospatial data infrastructure necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage and use digital geographic data.
The closing date for the 2007 NSDI CAP announcement is January 26, 2007. The project grant awards are scheduled to be announced by USGS/FGDC contracts officer in March 2007 with obligated work to begin on each project by September 30, 2007. More information is available at www.fgdc.gov/grants/2007CAP/2007CAPschedule.
first published week of: 01/05/2007
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