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IndianaMap Poster Competition

College and University Poster Contest

The annual GIS Poster Contest provides an excellent forum for geography students to present their work to the entire Indiana GIS community.

Posters will be displayed during the 2010 Indiana GIS Conference, and pictures of the winning posters will appear prominently in the IGIC Newsletter. It could open the door to future job opportunities or even cash rewards!

PRIZES!!!
First Place: $250
Second Place: $150  
Third Place: $100

All current undergraduate and graduate students from Indiana universities are eligible to join the poster competition. Students are invited to submit illustrations of how GIS is used.

The dimensions of the poster should be no larger than 4 x 5 feet. It should contain a title, your name and affiliation, an introduction, methods, results and conclusion.

Submitting an Entry

Posters must be delivered to the conference registration desk at the Bloomington Monroe County Convention Center from 8:00-10:00 am on February 23, 2010.

Send an email to Kim Sowder sowderk@indiana.edu by January 22, 2010 if you would like to register your poster for competition at the conference. Provide the following in your email: 1.) Poster Title, 2.) University and Department, and 3.) Contact Information (name, address, city, state, zip, phone and email).

Judging Criteria

Submissions will be judged by a panel according to the following criteria:

Introduction and Methodology (30% of score)
  • Statement of Objectives
  • Relation to Previous Research
  • Research Design
  • Results (30% of score)
  • Substance of Findings
  • Relation of Findings to Objectives
  • Conclusions
  • Design (40% of score)
  • Organization
  • Visuals
  • Check out winning posters from previous contests.