The UC is truly a place where GIS professionals can shine. Proof of this was found at the conference's User Software Applications Fair, a forum for users to present maps and demonstrate custom applications that use ESRI software to meet specific end-user requirements.

The contest winners at this year's fair are:

Embedded GIS Application

1st Place:
Title: Infrastructure Needs Assessment for Land Use Planning in Salt Lake County, Utah
Authors: Ahmad M Salah , Jeff Masters, Amy McClelland
Organization: Stanley Consultants
Entered by: Ahmad Salah

No 2nd or 3rd place entries.

Desktop GIS Application

1st Place:
Title: Hydrology Geoprocessing Modeling Toolset for ArcGIS
Author: Scott Splean
Organization: USDA/NRCS
Entered by: Scott Splean

2nd Place:
Title: Surface Areas and Ratios from Elevation Raster
Author: Jeff Jenness
Organization: Jenness Enterprises
Entered by: Jeff Jenness

3rd Place:
Title: Metadata Automation Update and Inventory (MAUI)
Author: Michael Rich
Organization: US Forest Service—Region 6
Entered by: Michael Rich

Web-Based Application

1st Place:
Title: NJ-GeoWeb
Authors: Lawrence L. Thornton, Lou Jacoby
Organization: NJDEP
Entered by: Seth Hackman

2nd Place:
Title: LCRA Hydromet Website
Authors: Richard Winkelbauer, Garreth Hays
Organization: LCRA
Entered by: Richard Winkelbauer

3rd Place:
Title: Terrestrial Circumarctic Near Real-Time Application
Authors: G. Walker Johnson, Juan Carlos Franco, Tomas Kianicka, Ryan P. Cody
Organization: University of Texas at El Paso
Entered by: G. Walker Johnson