At the outset of the project, the project staff approached several leading technology solutions providers for assistance and support during the development and testing of the standards.

APA and, especially, the research department staff along with the project sponsors and technical advisory panel members would like to thank the following for their support of the project. They have generously provided software, hardware, and technical support for the computer lab when required.

ESRI, the makers of Arc/Info, ArcView, and other products for software support.

Staff from ESRI: Tony Burns, Jack Dangermond, and Chris Thomas.

Intergraph, the makers of GeoMedia, MGE, and other related GIS software products.

Staff from Intergraph: Tom Clemons, John Hacker, Preetha Pulusani, Mike Sciezska, and Bill White.

Autodesk, the makers of AutoCAD, AutoMap, Vision, and other& related GIS and visualization products.

Staff from Autodesk: Brad Sharpe