AccessDNR Receives MarCom Platinum Award
Company Website:
http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- (Business Wire)
The Maryland
Department of Natural Resources is pleased to be among the winners
recently announced in the 2016 MarCom Awards competition. The
department’s AccessDNR
mobile app was awarded the Platinum MarCom Award, the competition’s
highest honor, in the “App for Information” category.
“Our mobile app is a great way to connect with our state’s precious
natural resources through a mobile device,” said Maryland Natural
Resources Secretary Mark Belton. “The interactive app provides
up-to-date information, news and resources for anglers, hunters, state
park visitors and more. We’re pleased that more than 46,000 citizens are
actively using our app and partnering with us to enhance and improve our
services.”
The MarCom competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind with
about 6,000 entries per year recognizing excellence in terms of
creativity, quality, and resourcefulness. Winners were selected from
over 200 categories and were judged by the Association
of Marketing and Communication Professionals. Judges are industry
professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent
exceeds a high standard of excellence and work serves as a benchmark for
the industry.
The AccessDNR mobile and Apple Watch app provides all the information
and services outdoor enthusiasts need on the go. The app uses
geolocation functionality to locate and provide directions to the top 10
closest water access points or water trails for boaters, paddlers,
anglers, and swimmers. The location-based “Near Me” mapping function
displays parks and waterways in radius increments of 10, 25, or 50 miles
of the user and includes detailed driving directions.
AccessDNR mobile app features:
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Location-based maps and directions to state-owned parks, wildlife
areas, trails, boat launches, and water access sites
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Maryland State Park activities and amenities by location
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Hunting season information by date
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Real-time game harvest reporting directly to the Maryland Department
of Natural Resources
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Trophy case photo sharing through social media
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Location-based sunrise/sunset and tide updates
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Maryland fish and shellfish identifier
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Hunting, fishing, and boating regulation guides
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Breaking news and alerts, including hunting calendar and regulations
The AccessDNR mobile app and Apple Watch app can be downloaded from the Apple
App Store or through Google
Play App Store for Android users.
The AccessDNR mobile app and Apple Watch app were developed at no charge
for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources by NIC Inc., through
the self-funded digital government services contract with the Maryland
Department of Information Technology.
About NIC Maryland
NIC
Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the official
website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its digital government services. NIC Maryland is a collaborative
public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information
Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland helps Maryland state
and local government entities web-enable their services and operates
without tax funds through a self-funded digital government services
contract. NIC Maryland has developed dozens of eGov products and
services for the state of Maryland since the contract was awarded in
August 2011.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing,
which help make government more accessible to everyone through
technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital government
solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the
United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small
Companies in America” six times and the company has been included four
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
NIC Maryland
Janet Grard, 443-924-7405
jgrard@egov.com
Source: NIC Maryland
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