Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS) is quickly becoming the preferred manner to approach environmental engineering projects across the world. With the relatively recent advancements in computer speed and software power, environmental scientists are today able to work with an unprecedented quantity of both tabular and spatial data.

More specifically, an EMIS approach utilizes relational databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in concert as a decision support platform and risk-based methodology to achieve solid scientific answers to complex environmental questions.

Summit is one of the leaders in today's EMIS field. Summit has developed the Geographic Environmental Management System (GEMS) to analyze vast amounts of data in a relational database framework that can then be spatially analyzed in a GIS.

Summit's GEMS interface allows vast amounts of environmental data to be quickly queried, trended, graphed, and plotted. This sets the stage for the user to view the data in a GIS and perform subsequent planning and analysis on environmental projects. This methodology results in a cheaper and more effective approach to manage projects.

Summit specializes in developing EMISs for several industries including: Mining, Petroleum, Airports, Brownfields, Municipalities, and Landfills and is continually exploring applications in other mediums including air.