UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                February 13, 1997
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                            ANALYTICAL SURVEYS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    COLORADO
                            (State of incorporation)

                                     0-13111
                            (Commission File Number)

                                    084-846389
                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                               1935 Jamboree Drive
                        Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (719)-593-0093
                         (Registrant's telephone number)



Item 5.  Other Events

The following press release was issued on February 13, 1997:

            ANALYTICAL SURVEYS ANNOUNCES 6.1 MILLION IN NEW CONTRACTS

        Company Anticipates Additional $4.2 Million Order In Coming Weeks

COLORADO SPRINGS,  Colorado -- Analytical  Surveys,  Inc. (ASI) (Nasdaq National
Market-ANLT), a leading provider of digital mapping and Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) database services, today announced it has received 6 new contracts
collectively  valued at 6.1 million.  The contracts,  five of which are from new
customers, have elevated ASI's backlog to 35 million.

Management also said the Company has been selected by Fairfax  County,  Virginia
to perform a $4.2 million project and expects to sign the contract in the coming
weeks.  The value of the project  will be added to backlog  once the contract is
signed. The project will include  planimetric and topographic  mapping,  digital
orthophotographs and parcel mapping.

The 6 new  contracts,  which range in value from $100,000 to $3.3 million,  call
for a wide  variety of GIS  services  and involve  each of ASI's three  business
units.  The  contracts  will be performed  for  customers  in both  domestic and
international markets.

"We are very pleased with the mix of new business we have received," said Sidney
V. Corder, CEO.  "This series of contracts  is  representative of our strategic 
objective  to capture new  business  in both  domestic  and  overseas markets."

Following are ASI's contracts and the services to be provided for each.
     Customer Name                               Services
     -------------                               --------

     Electrical Systems Consultants      City of Danvers, Massachusetts
     Fort Collins, Colorado              planimetric and topographic mapping
                                         digital orthophotographs in support of
                                         electrical utility engineering program.

     Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin       cadastral parcel mapping
     Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

     Forsyth County, North Carolina      planimetric and topographic mapping
     Winston-Salem, North Carolina       digital orthophotographs

     Henry County, Georgia               planimetric and topographic mapping
     McDonough, Georgia                  digital orthophotographs

     Wisconsin Power & Light             electric facilities data updating
     Madison, Wisconsin

     Yorkshire Electricity               electric facilities data conversion
     Leeds, England

Analytical  Surveys is America's  technology leader in providing data conversion
services  and  products  for  municipal,   utility,  government  and  commercial
customers.  ASI specializes in converting paper based maps,  aerial  photography
and other  information  formats  into digital  form using  technologies  such as
photogrammetry  and digital  orthophotography.  The  resulting  digital  mapping
systems allow ASI's customers to easily access,  analyze and make alterations to
GIS data on computers.

Statements  made in this  news  release  that are not  historical  facts  may be
forward  looking  statements.  Actual results may differ  materially  from those
projected  in any forward  looking  statement.  There are a number of  important
factors,  including normal contract and  specification  negotiation,  that could
cause actual results to differ  materially from those anticipated by any forward
looking  information.  A  description  of risks and  uncertainties  attendant to
Analytical  Surveys and its  industry and other  factors  which could affect the
Company's  financial  results  are  included  in the  Company's  Securities  and
Exchange Commission Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.

                        * * * End of Press Release * * *



                                   SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                                      Analytical Surveys, Inc.
                                                            (Registrant)




                Date February 13, 1997                    /s/  Scott C. Benger
                                                      ------------------------
                                          Scott C. Benger, Secretary/Treasurer