Page 9 – Tablelands Advertiser, Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Finals mapped out

The development and delivery of a range of maps and online mapping tools for wildfire stakeholders has let to Atherton Tablelands Geographic Information Services named as a finalist in the Excellence in e-Government Award for 2009.

ATGIS was selected as a finalist for its Northern Queensland Wildfire Mitigation Project, which provided the online mapping tools to Queensland Fire and Rescue Service employees, rural fire volunteers and other wildfire mitigation stakeholders including Department of Environment and Resource Management's Fire Management Unit and local governments across the region.

"This award was only possible through the assistance of the wildfire stakeholders that have work with us," co-ordinator Alistair Hart said.

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