GIS a Winner at COVITS

A number of GIS applications were recognized with Governor's Technology Awards at the 2010 Commonwealth of Virginia's Innovatve Technology Symposium (COVITS) on September 7th.

Chesterfield County was a winner in the Online, Not in Line category for its CitizenGIS web application.

Earning honorable mention in 3 of the remaining 5 categories were:

• Cross Boundary Collaboration: The City of Richmond and Counties of Henrico and Chesterfield for the Richmond Region Traffic Information and Mapping project.


• Innovation in Local Government: Fairfax County for Virtual Fairfax-3D and Washington County for Citizens Emergency Alert System


• Innovations in K-12 Education: James Madison University and Virginia high schools for the Geospatial Semester

Congratulations to our GIS colleagues for this well-deserved recognition.