NVision Solutions, Inc. announced today the release of its BasinTools software for ArcGIS 10 Desktop. BasinTools is a toolbox for Esri ArcGIS Desktop that calculates basin characteristics of terrain based on elevation and drainage data. BasinTools is used by federal, state, and local agencies around the country for everything from disaster management to environmental stewardship.

NVision Solutions Inc., is pleased to announce the release of its new NIMSmart program which helps schools comply with grant requirements from the US Department of Education and in some cases state governments.

NVision Solutions is featured in NASA's 2011 edition of Spinoff: NASA Technologies Benefit Society. The article, entitled "Information Systems Coordinate Emergency Management" is located in the Public Safety section of the Spinoff and talks about NVision's Real-time Emergency Action Coordination Technology (REACT), NVTouch Multi-Surface Touch Computer, and NVision's volunteer assistance to recovery efforts during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Hancock County, MS.

The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) recently purchased NVision's Real-time Emergency Action Coordination Technology (REACT) for use as their common operational picture for emergency response and operations. The MSNG will use their existing GIS data in conjunction with live data feeds and REACT's real-time reporting functionality to create a comprehensive status of any situation in which they are involved.

NVision Solutions, Inc., is proud to announce Software Development Manager Kevin Bupp, has recently been awarded Esri Technical Certification which recognizes superior skill levels utilizing Esri's software for geographic information systems (GIS). Bupp was awarded the Enterprise Geodatabase Management Professional certification.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) recently added NVision Solutions Inc. to its team for the Total Application Services for Enterprise Requirements (TASER) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

The US Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency named NVision as the "Minority Global Technology Firm of the Year" last week at the Southeast Region 2011 Minority Enterprise Development Week summit in Atlanta.

NVision Chief Operating Officer, Craig Harvey, recently testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies entitled "Unlocking SAFETY Act's Potential to Promote Technology and Combat Terrorism".

NVision Solutions was recently awarded a GSA Schedule 70 IT contract. The contract grants government agencies direct access to NVision's IT Services as well as their unique geospatial technology products and services.

NVision's Joel Herr receives Esri ArcGIS Desktop Professional Certification

NVision's REACT (Real-Time Emergency Action Coordination Technology) Phase III SBIR project appeared in the Fall 2010 edition of NASA's "The Concept" magazine featuring successful SBIR technology.

The Hancock County Chamber of Commerce named NVision Solutions, Inc. the 2010 Hancock Chamber Champion at its 2010 Awards Gala in August. The award is given every year for outstanding dedication to the betterment of Hancock County and its residents. The gala was held at the Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis and saluted business, industry, and community leaders.

At multiple offices across the Gulf Coast, NVision helps analyze and respond to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill incident.

Using NASA satellite imagery, NVision is able to track the location and extent of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) selected NVision as part of a team to provide enterprise IT services for the agency.

The HazNet - All Hazards Network, a web-based emergency management system provided by NVision Solutions Inc., has been designated a Certified Space Service by the Space Foundation.

Downrange Operations and Training, LLC is competing as a prime for the Naval Oceanographic Office Bathymetry Production Technical Services (PTS) contract. The Downrange PTS Team will host an open house from 3-6 p.m. on Friday February 26, 2010 at the corporate office of team member NVision Solutions, Inc. at the Stennis Technology Park, Suite 302, at Exit 13 North on I-10.

NVision Solutions Inc. has partnered with LeadDog Consulting to release a series of Haiti map products designed to assist relief workers and generate funds for relief organizations providing support to earthquake victims.

NVision Solutions Inc., is pleased to announce the release NVTouch, a multi-touch, multi-user surface computer. The NVTouch provides a more engaging way to interact with digital information using touch. The combination of unlimited multi-user, multi-touch ability, precise and fluid touch response, and durable, upgradable components makes NVTouch unique among surface computer systems.

Preparedness and testing remain important elements of the ongoing work underway at the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi.

The NVision Solutions Inc. Quality Management System recently achieved third--party certification to the AS9100 Quality Management System Standard for the aerospace industry. In addition to AS9100 NVision's quality system simultaneously received certification for the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Both of these standards reflect NVision's commitment to the highest quality geospatial and IT products and services.

NVision will host the Civil Commercial Imagery Evaluation Workshop March 16-18, 2010 at the Marriott Fairfax at Fair Oaks, Fairfax, Virginia. The intent of the workshop is to exchange information regarding the characterization and application of commercial imagery used by the government. This workshop is designed to cover all civil medium and high resolution commercial imagery used by the Government. This workshop is sponsored by the Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) team, a collaborative group of representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

NVision President Socorro Harvey recognized several employee accomplishments today by awarding five and ten year employee pins and the first two "NVision Navigator Awards" for outstanding leadership.

Hancock Housing Resource Center (HHRC) fulfills the vital role of building affordable single family homes in Hancock County, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The HHRC recently contracted NVision Solutions to perform IT support.

NVision sponsored the 2nd International GIS Cluster Conference hosted by Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS) housed at The University of Mississippi on January 12, 2010, in Biloxi, Mississippi.

NASA recently recognized NVision for "exemplary efforts toward the design, construction, an technology enhancements of the Stennis Space Center Emergency Operations Center."

NVision launched the Team NVision NASA SSC ITS site at http://its.nvs-inc.com to provide information about the NVision effort to win the NASA Stennis INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL SERVICES contract in Mississippi.

The NVision Solutions Inc. NASA Stennis ITS Team invites people interested in learning about the NVision's proposal for the NASA ITS contract transition to contact NVision's executive management at our corporate office.

NVision Solutions hires more graduates from Mississippi State University than any other school mostly because of the MSU co-op program.

A new technology promises to locate terrorists and drug smugglers in the underground tunnels and caves where they hide.

The Mississippi Technology Alliance and the Edward Lowe Foundation selected NVision as a "Mississippi Company to Watch" for demonstrating high performance in business, technology, and work within the community.

NASA officials along with Governor Haley Barbour officially opened the NASA Stennis EOC which showcases the customized NVision All-Hazards Network System.

NVision is proud to announce intern Jeremy Bell received a top honor at the 2009 Pearl River Community College Awards Day.

NVision team member Heidi Roberts is serving her second two-year term as the MAST (Mississippi Association of Spatial Technologies) Treasurer.

NVision Solutions is partnering with Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) to offer a unique, rugged solution to obtain precise data in the aftermath of earthquakes, forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

ESRI President Jack Dangermond presented the ESRI 2009 Partner of the Year Award to NVision at the ESRI 2009 Worldwide Business Partner Conference.

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems presented the NVision HazNet Team the Boeing Silver Phantom Award which is the second highest award within the Boeing Company for Excellence in Engineering.

NVision Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce its recent milestone of surpassing 50 employees. Since its incorporation in March 2002, NVision has experienced success and growth at a steady pace and in July of 2007 expanded its offices to the newly opened Stennis Technology Park in Hancock County between Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA.

A delegation representing Mississippi's space industry recently traveled to Tokyo, Japan to meet with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) following the delegation's participation in the 2008 Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in Yokohama.

When the average person thinks of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its role in the recovery of a community after a disaster, images of the initial response usually come to mind; a man in a FEMA shirt sitting at a table signing residents up for disaster assistance, an assembly line of workers unloading bottles of water from a truck and handing them to waiting disaster victims or, perhaps, a FEMA official joining local, state and national leaders on a tour of the disaster area.

What do Starbucks, Wal-Mart, the U.S. Military, the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and NVision Solutions have in common? They all hire Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists to solve spatial problems. Starbucks and Wal-Mart need GIS analysts to identify where new stores should be built. The U.S. military employs GIS analysts to map out troop and equipment movements. The Mississippi Department of Transportation uses GIS to assess the safety of the roads that we use every day. NVision Solutions helps these organizations as well as many others use GIS technology in new and innovative ways to address modern challenges.

The 2008 Gulf Coast Trade Alliance's World Trade Conference, recently held in Biloxi, April 2-4, 2008, was well attended and featured special sessions on logistics and transportation relative to the expansions of the Panama Canal and the Canadian Gateway projects. Additionally, there was a special focus on trade facilitation services available to regional exporters and importers.

NVision Solutions Inc. COO Craig Harvey recently traveled to Toulouse France as part of a geospatial trade delegation along with Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, Adam Murray and Josh Bower with MDA, and Greg Hinkebein, President of the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET).

NVision Solutions, Inc., is pleased to announce the promotion of Joel L. Lawhead to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO). Former CIO, Craig A. Harvey, moves to the Chief Operations Officer (COO) post and will remain as an Executive Vice President.

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging is exhibiting NVision Solutions' Hurricane Katrina data in Leica TITAN at the GEOINT Conference, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

NVision Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial solutions to federal government and commercial organizations, announced a Mentor-Protege agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) under the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Mentor-Protégé program. This relationship represents the first NGA Mentor-Protégé agreement in Mississippi.

NVision Solutions, Inc., is pleased to welcome Jamie Hughes, Shelia Reed, Aaron Gibson, Nate Coolidge, Suzanne Shean, Jeff Hudson, Jason Weick, John Nielson, and Tara Cross who recently joined the company to serve NVision's growing client base using ESRI's ArcServer 9.2 as well as Oracle and other technologies to build next generation GIS applications.

NVision Solutions Inc., The Boeing Company, and NAVTEQ recently demonstrated a prototype emergency management "common operating picture" at the 2007 Pacific Northwest Asymmetric Warfare Initiative.

NVision is growing and has an immediate need for GIS Analysts, Programmers, and Database Developers in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Craig Harvey is a corporate founder of NVision Solutions, Inc., and serves as the CIO and Senior Business Development person. His career started with 15 years of public service with the USGS/Water Resources Division in Iowa and Mississippi. In 1998 Craig left public service to help found PixSell, Inc., and in 2002 helped found NVision Solutions.

NAVTEQ (NYSE:NVT), a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, has been selected by NVision Solutions, Inc. to provide map data for its Real-Time Emergency Action Coordination Tool and Vehicle Tracking solutions. NAVTEQ map data, enhanced GIS attributes, and NAVTEQ Parcel Boundaries data will be integrated into REACT to allow for better collaboration and visibility among various agencies when responding to emergencies.

A leading Mississippi geospatial company, NVision Solutions Inc, announced an international partnership today to cross-market geospatial technology in the U.S. and Europe with leading geospatial French companies, Magellium and Pole Star.

NVision Solutions Inc. was selected as one of the winners of the 2006 Tibbetts Awards. NVision CIO Craig Harvey received the award on Sept. 26 at the Wyndham Washington, in Washington, D.C.

NVision Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial solutions with a proven disaster response record, is excited to announce the completion of Incident Command System (ICS) certification for all NVision personnel. The Incident Command System courses are designed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enable responders and staff to work within FEMA's personnel structure. All NVision employees are certified at the ICS-200 level.

The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions is pleased to announce the selection of Craig Harvey as the 2006 Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year. Craig is the CIO and Executive Vice President of NVision Solutions, Inc., a member of Mississippi's Geospatial Technology Industry Cluster.

NVision Solutions, a leader in GIS-based technologies, and Taimerica Management Company, a leading economic development company, have joined together in a strategic alliance to create TaiMap, a Web-based decision support system that enhances a community's ability to conduct economic development on behalf of its members.

NVision Solutions, Inc., a leader in the integration of geospatial technology, is proud to announce the development and release of two new products, GeoJournal and BirdVision. Slated for release on July 25, 2005, the two products look to bring the combined use of imagery and geographic information systems (GIS) to the households of photo enthusiasts, bird watchers, and travelers everywhere.

NVision and FirstCall Network Inc., a leader in emergency notification services, entered into a strategic agreement to create an integrated solution for the emergency management and homeland security industries.

Socorro Harvey and Craig Harvey of NVision Solutions, Inc. attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, at the USM campus in Hattiesburg MS

Since October, 2004 NVision has received three industry awards for recent work. NVision received the Louisiana Governor's 2004 Technology Innovator of the Year, Mississippi's Small Business Innovator Award, and on Sun., Feb. 13, NVision received the ESRI New Business Partner of the Year Award. See the NVision Awards Page for details.

NVision will receive the "Innovator of the Year" Award at Louisiana's 2nd Annual Governor's Technology Awards Ceremony at the Louisiana Business and Technology Expo in Baton Rouge, La. on Oct. 14, 2004.

Article in the "Louisiana Technology Guide" - PDF 3.41 MB

NVision Solutions Inc. received notice of a nomination today for a Louisiana Technology Council Eward Award. The Eward Awards cite technological achievements of top companies, organizations, and individuals which made a positive impact in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area. NVision's nomination category is "Best Application of Technology" for the REACT (Real-time Emergency Action Coordination Tool) which NVision built in the St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations Center with help from the Parish Government and a technology transfer grant from NASA. The REACT system provides the entire parish with a web-enabled geographic database with real-time map-based information including USGS Stream Guages, National Weather Service Precipitation Doppler Radar information, and flood innundation estimations from NVision's Flood Innundation Model. NVision will attend the awards ceremony on March 3.

NVision Solutions Inc. received notice of two contract awards totaling $6,000 from the MS-FAST program for Phase 0 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) proposals. The competitive awards fund NVision to research, write, and submit SBIR proposals to NOAA in an attempt to win a Phase 1 grant through the 2004 SBIR program.

For residents in South Louisiana, enduring flash floods and dodging hurricanes are as common as gumbo and Saints football, albeit nowhere nearly as enjoying. Developed low lying areas are subject to the casualties of water inundation, such as destroyed homes and automobiles, millions of dollars in property damage, and far too often, the loss of life. No group is more familiar with the effects of water inundation for this area than the St. Tammany Parish Emergency Management Operations Center (EMOC).

NASA selected NVision's research project as one of 145 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards for NASA's 2002 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The selected projects, which have a total value of approximately $86.5 million, will be conducted by 119 small, high-technology firms located in 29 states. NVision, which maintains offices in Miss. and Lou. is the only company selected from either state.

NVision Solutions completed the first phase of a flood innundation model for the new St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations Center in Covington, Lou. In addition to providing a full scale, networked, parishwide, ArcSDE geodatabase, the flood model provides parish officials with visualizations of possible flood innundation overlayed on a 6-inch resolution color aerial photo mosaic of St. Tammany. Other strategic GIS layers are also available within the model such as fire districts, roads, real-time doppler precipitation data, and near real-time USGS Stream Guage measurements. NVision completed the first phase of the project under a contract with the parish with additional funding provided through a Dual-Use contract with NASA. For more information, screenshots, and additions planned for a possible phase II version visit the NVision Projects page.

"New Orleans" magazine recently published a feature on the Geospatial Technology Alliance. The GTA is a team of companies located at Stennis Space Center working together to provide large and small scale geospatial solutions for customers. NVision CIO Craig Harvey served as spokesperson for the feature. Article in New Orleans magazine, June 2003, titled "Bayou Tech"-PDF 9.6 MB

NVision Solutions Inc. research staff recently relocated from Building 1103 to Building 1210, a secure processing center at the John C. Stennis NASA Space Center. The new location will allow the NVision Research Team to work along side the staff of the Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative to fulfill NVision's research agreements with regional universities. NVision's research includes projects with the University of Mississippi and the University of New Orleans as well as other research institutions.

NASA awarded NVision Solutions, Inc. a Phase I contract for NASA's 2002 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on Jan. 16, 2003. NVision will build a prototype Web-based remote-sensing application capable of providing dynamic point-and-click analysis of satellite and aerial imagery to users who do not have remote-sensing expertise or software.

NVision Solutions Inc. created a mirror of the MississippiView project under a contract with the Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative (MSCI) which hosts Landsat 7 satellite data for the entire state for research use as well as IRS 1-C satellite imagery for online viewing. The mirror server hosts approximately 800 Gigabytes of satellite data which will act as a backup to the current MississippiView Web site available at http://msview.spacecommerce.com. MARIS (Mississippi Automated Resource Information System) will host the mirror server at their headquarters in Jackson, Miss. The original MississippiView server resides at the MSCI's NASA John C. Stennis Space Center office in South Mississippi.