MAPPS is the national association for private sector geospatial firms. MAPPS provides its 180+ member firms opportunities for networking and public policy. Formed in 1982, MAPPS is the only national association exclusively comprised of private firms in the remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems field in and firms with business interests in the United States. MAPPS IS THE PREEMINENT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRMS INVOLVED IN MANY ASPECTS AND BENEFITS OF THE GEOSPATIAL FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES. MEMBER FIRMS ARE THOUGHT LEADERS IN MAPPING, SURVEYING, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, SATELLITE AND AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, HYDROGRAPHY, GPS AND GIS DATA COLLECTION AND CONVERSION SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND GEOSPATIAL PRODUCTS. OUR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS PRODUCE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND ANCILLARY SERVICES TO FIRMS WORLD-WIDE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. MAPPS IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE BUSINESS ASPECTS, NETWORKING, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, GEOSPATIAL POLICY AND LEGISLATION THAT PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS AND THE MAPPING COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS NEED.