INDUSTRY NEWS
In the Snow
Dave Kelly awarded Carson White
Snowsports Achievement Award
Dave Kelly of Magic Carpet Lifts/RMCE, Inc., was awarded
the Carson White Snowsports Achievement Award. The
North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA)
recognizes innovators and pioneers annually who have
made a remarkable contribution to North American winter
sports. The Carson White Snowsports Achievement Award is
their highest honor award. It is named in memory of Carson
White, the first president of the U.S. Ski Writers Association,
the predecessor of NASJA.
To read more about Kelly’s achievement and outstand-ing
contribution to the winter sports industry, visit:
www.nasja.org/carson-white-snowsports-achievement-award-
past-recipients/.
Managing GIS data – easily,
accurately, digitally
Whether slope grooming, snowmaking or management is the
issue, the SNOWsat GIS Data Manager is an indispensable
tool for the entire team. Geospatial data can be managed and
updated easily in this software. The result is a perfect, com-prehensive
map of the ski area that everyone can work with.
It has never been this easy adapting and
managing GIS data
managing GIS data
The geographic information system (GIS) of a ski area in-cludes
all spatial data relevant to everyday work: profile of
the terrain, slope edges, positions of the snow guns, areas
to be covered with machine-made snow, anchor points for
winch cats, roads, buildings and much more. This GIS data
serves as the basis for all business cases (construction activ-ity,
creation of snowmaking and grooming plans or statistics)
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