City of Golden Valley

Golden Valley, population 22,715, is a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis just minutes west of downtown. With its desirable location, ample parks and nature areas, varied neighborhoods, flourishing business, and award-winning schools, Golden Valley is one of the best places to live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. In fact, Golden Valley's destination marketing association, Westopolis, promotes the area as "Minnesota's Sweet Spot." GIS is grouped with Planning under the Community Development Department, but it supports GIS in all departments of the city. We have Enterprise GIS and an Asset Management system to allow for a robust deployment of GIS where it is used daily in the field.

City of Minneapolis Public Works

We build, operate and maintain the public infrastructure and provide services to the public in Minneapolis. 

City of Plymouth Public Works

Plymouth is a metro city just 12 miles northwest of Minneapolis. We are the 4th largest economy in Minnesota. Our Public Works Department manages the city roads, water, stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure. 

Connexus Energy

Based in Ramsey, Minnesota, Connexus Energy provides electricity and related products to member residents and businesses. Our board of directors, elected by our membership, governs the electric cooperative. Connexus is Minnesota’s largest consumer-owned electric cooperative, serving more than 147,000 members in portions of Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Sherburne and Washington counties. 

Ecolab

Ecolab partners to make the world cleaner, safer and healthier - helping customers succeed while protecting people and the resources vital to life.

Our GIS program stretches across 8 different divisions within the company to embolden leadership and support our field service teams with critical spatial analysis. The team works as a Center of Excellence to collaborate and innovate geospatial solutions, including address location accuracy/precision, routing, and optimization. Ecolab offers 4 different GIS roles (Specialist, Analyst, Developer, and Manager). Each role has three levels, allowing for considerable career growth.

Hennepin County

Hennepin GIS produces data and creates maps in support of Hennepin County's mission to enhance the health, safety and quality of life of our residents and communities in a respectful, efficient and fiscally responsible way.

Houston Engineering, Inc. (HEI) 

HEI is a full-service civil engineering, surveying, environmental and technology solutions consulting firm with multiple locations throughout Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Having been in business since 1968, we have provided outstanding client service and effectively managed our business strategy resulting in sustained growth.  Our commitment continues to be meeting our client needs and providing a casual and productive atmosphere for our employees. 

Metropolitan Council

The Metropolitan Council is the regional policy-making body, planning agency, and provider of essential services in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area. Our mission is to foster efficient and economic growth for a prosperous region. The Met Council provides essential services and infrastructure — Metro Transit's bus and rail system, Metro Mobility, Transit Link, wastewater treatment services, regional parks, planning, affordable housing, and more — that support communities and businesses and ensure a high quality of life for residents. 

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)

We are driven to find talented, innovative employees for Minnesota’s nationally recognized transportation system. We work to build the best team in the transportation industry to ensure that Minnesota thrives with a safe, sustainable and leading edge transportation system. You will be surrounded by a diverse community of experts, each driven by challenging work and motivated by the greater good.  You will understand the impact of the work you are doing and be able to see the benefit you are providing to the citizens of Minnesota.

Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium

Our mission is to develop and support the GIS/LIS community in Minnesota for the benefit of our people and contributors. We achieve our mission through a variety of programs and activities provided throughout the year. 

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) & the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office (MnGeo)

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) is the information technology agency for Minnesota’s executive branch. MNIT builds, maintains, and secures the state’s IT infrastructure, applications, projects, and services. We deliver enterprise and local technology solutions for Minnesota state agencies that transform how government brings services to the people of Minnesota – including geospatial services.

In addition to providing geospatial support to state agencies, MNIT is also home to the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office (MnGeo), which provides coordination, guidance, and leadership for the state’s use of geographic information systems (GIS).

Master of Geographic Information Science Program (MGIS)

The master of geographic information science (MGIS) program is a unique professional masters degree with an international reputation for excellence. Our program is affiliated with the University’s Department of Geography, Environment & Society but also maintains strong relationships with other academic units such as forest resources, computer science and public affairs. The MGIS program provides a comprehensive GIS degree that balances theoretical, technical, applied and societal dimensions of GIS. Our program prides itself on providing a top-quality program accessible to a wide and diverse range of student interests and profiles. 

Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota

The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) at the University of Minnesota is a science support organization funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs. PGC advances polar science through cutting-edge geospatial data and support, aiding scientists, logistics teams, and agencies. Its mission is to enable safe, efficient, and impactful research while deepening understanding of Earth’s polar environments.

U-Spatial

The Driving Force of U of M's Spatial Community