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MetroGIS
MetroGIS is an award-winning geospatial collaborative organization primarily serving the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. Relying upon voluntary participation, MetroGIS’ primary functions focus on fostering:
a) development and implementation collaborative regional solutions to shared information needs ( geospatial data, data standards and best practices), b) widespread sharing of geospatial data, principally via the DataFinder.org web site; c) the value of geographic information system ( GIS) technology as a core business tool, and d) knowledge sharing relevant to the advancement of GIS technology.Beneficiaries of MetroGIS’s collaborative efforts include a wide variety of local and regional government interests, as well as, numerous state and federal government, academic institution, nonprofit organization and business interests.