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                     "A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and color show the realization of great dreams."

- Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor, National Geographic, 1903-1954

Company Profile

MPS provides GIS management, planning and specialized mapping services to the public, education, non-profit and private sectors.

MPS understands how to utilize GIS technology and spatial data to support decision-making and improve the operations and processes of government, planning and mapping.

MPS received the ESRI Special Achievement in GIS Award as part of it's support to the City of Cranston, Department of Public Works, RI - one of the regions's most comprehensive municipal GIS development projects.

Special Advantages – Small Business; Woman-Owned

MPS is a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

MPS is also certified as a woman-owned business enterprise (RI WBE and SOWMBA) in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, respectively.  For more information: info@mappingplanning.com

Management

Mary F. Hutchinson directs all aspects of GIS project management, geospatial analyses, training and technical support. She has 30 years of professional experience in the GIS, planning and mapping industries, both in the United States and Australia.  She is also certified as a GIS Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute.

Ms. Hutchinson earned a Masters in Community Planning (MCP) from the University of Rhode Island and received the American Institute of Certified Planner’s (AICP) Outstanding Student Award. Undergraduate studies were at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia where she earned the Bachelor Applied Science (Cartography).

Ms. Hutchinson is a member of the American Planning Association (APA), the North East ARC Users Group (NEARC and the Mapping Sciences Institute of Australia (MSIA). Hutchinson is also an elected member of the RIGIS Executive Committee, as well as Interim Treasurer of the North East Chapter of URISA (NEURISA).

As Planner and GIS Professional, Mary Hutchinson has been an active supporter of open space preservation efforts in Newport County and Rhode Island; serving as President of the Conanicut Island Land Trust, Director of the Aquidneck Land Trust, the Rhode Island Land Trust Council, and Vice-Chairman, Jamestown Conservation Commission.

Mary Hutchinson's planning work has also received awards from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and American Planning Association (APA). Many of Hutchinson's maps have also received awards, been published as limited editions, or in award-winning publications, both in the United States and in Australia.

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Last Updated: 8/16/2008