By Daily Press staff
City Hall has been put on the map in the technological world. The city of Santa Monica has won the coveted PTI Technology Solutions award for its “Enterprise Management Intranet GIS Application.” EMIGA uses the city’s Geographic Information System to present detailed management information about city construction projects.
By viewing and clicking an online map, project managers are able to quickly determine the location and scope of current and planned construction projects within the public right-of-way and public facilities. EMIGA makes it possible to coordinate the timing of multiple projects in a single area, resulting in decreased noise, congestion and other types of environmental disruption.
Public Technology, Inc. is a national nonprofit technology research and development organization based in Washington, D.C. that represents local governments. The PTI Technology Solutions Awards is a national program recognizing local governments that use technology to increase revenues, improve service to their community, save tax dollars or improve management.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 25, 2004. Read the original PDF.