Geospatial Technology Skills Competition
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must meet all of the requirements below to qualify for the competition (questions regarding eligibility can be directed to either Tom Mueller (Mueller@calu.edu):
JUDGING CRITERIA:
See Rubric below.
Professional Development Opportunity for the Winners:
The winners will be awarded registration, travel and accommodations to the 2019 GeoEd Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The winners will also present their posters at this conference.
Due March 8th at 1pm eastern.
Applicants must meet all of the requirements below to qualify for the competition (questions regarding eligibility can be directed to either Tom Mueller (Mueller@calu.edu):
- Applicants must be the age of 18 or older;
- Applicants must be enrolled during the Fall 2018 term in a geospatial technology course (e.g., geographic information systems, remote sensing, GPS/GNSS, etc.) or geospatial technology program at an accredited 2-year or 4-year U.S. institution (undergraduate status);
- Applicants must reside in the U.S.;
- All work and cartographic output must be the original work of the applicant;
- Only one entry allowed per student; and
- Only individual student submissions allowed (no group projects).
JUDGING CRITERIA:
See Rubric below.
Professional Development Opportunity for the Winners:
The winners will be awarded registration, travel and accommodations to the 2019 GeoEd Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The winners will also present their posters at this conference.
Due March 8th at 1pm eastern.
There will be 3 to 4 winners. It is anticipated that two (2) of the student finalists will be from two-year colleges and one to two from four-year institutions. The exact split will depend upon the number of students who enter the competition and the quality of the work submitted (judges also reserve the right to invite fewer student finalists). There will also be a prize for the best Open Source GIS project given by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
2019 OFFICIAL RUBRIC:
TOTAL = 100 POINTS
Project Design, Organization, and Analysis (60 points)
In order to receive all points in this area, the project must include the following sections.
Project Presentation (40 points)
*Data sources must be well documented including, if necessary, permissions for use. Project data that is downloaded from the internet must include the date of the data as well as the date that the URL was accessed and/or the date the data was downloaded. Field data that was collected as part of the project must be identified with the date of collection.
2019 OFFICIAL RUBRIC:
TOTAL = 100 POINTS
Project Design, Organization, and Analysis (60 points)
In order to receive all points in this area, the project must include the following sections.
- Introduction (5 points)
- Project has a title
- Project’s geographic area is clearly defined
- Project stakeholders are identified
- Project goals and objectives are clearly stated
- Project helps solve a real-world problem and/or has real-world application (briefly describe)
- Data Preparation (20 points)
- Source of data layers is clearly explained (i.e. created vs. downloaded).
- Challenges related to data preparation are presented
- Discussion of types of data is included (formats, coordinate systems, etc.)
- Discussion of types of software used (software, extensions, APIs, etc.)
- Data Analysis (30 points)
- Data analysis types are clearly discussed (what types and why?)
- Challenges encountered during analysis explained
- Describe how project helps solve a real-world problem and/or has real-world application
- Explanation of additional types of analysis that could be used in the future
- Conclusions (5 points)
- Summarize your project
Project Presentation (40 points)
- Application of geospatial technology (10 Points)
- Project uses at least 2 technologies or applications related to geospatial, e.g., GIS, GPS, remote sensing, mobile GIS, web-based GIS, etc.
- Presentation quality (20 Points)
- Poster presentation is clear
- Poster presentation is well-organized
- Poster presentation is within time limit
- Poster presentation makes use of cartographic output (and/or the use of tables or graphs)
- Poster presentation highlights project deliverable/outputs and they are easily readable within the Poster
- Attribution (10 Points)
- All data was used with permission and attribution as to its source*
*Data sources must be well documented including, if necessary, permissions for use. Project data that is downloaded from the internet must include the date of the data as well as the date that the URL was accessed and/or the date the data was downloaded. Field data that was collected as part of the project must be identified with the date of collection.
