FYI all On 1/18/13 5:56 PM, "Qunying Huang" <[email protected]> wrote:
>ThirdCall for participation: 2013 Robert RaskinMashup Mapping Competition > >Sponsored by AAG Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group > >Important change: The First Prize has increased to $700 and a >certificate. > >Submission Deadline: February 11, 2013. > >Cyberinfrastructure has been taking an increasingly important role in >providing a Web-based collaborative environment to enable effective >discovery of geospatial knowledge. To (1) promote research and awareness >of web-based GIS and Mashup applications, (2) encourage spatial thinking >and the development of geospatial cyberinfrastructure in colleges and >universities in the United States, and (3) inspire curiosity about >geographic patterns and web map representation for students and the >broader public, we announce the ³First Robert RaskinMashup Mapping >Competition², which will take place during the AAG Annual Meeting in Los >Angeles, April 9-13, 2013. This map competition is sponsored by the AAG >Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG)and hosted at San Diego State >University. > >Full-time college students at all levels are encouraged to submit their >mashup mapping solutions. Participants can use any commercial or >open-source toolkit such as ArcGIS online, ArcGIS Server APIs, Google Map >APIs, Bing Map APIs, OpenStreet maps, ,ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for >Smartphones and Tablets,OpenLayersetc. to develop mashup maps. The map >should be accessed via web browsers and be connected at least two >different online data resources (for "mashup"). Each submission should >create a three minutes short introduction video to demonstrate the key >functions of the mashup map. CISG will convert the video to Youtube for >public voting. Recommended application areas include, but not limited to: >crime, public health issues, transportation, climate, urban planning, and >disaster of all kinds. > >The best submission will be awarded the ³First Prize in 2013 Robert >RaskinMashup Mapping Competition² with $700and a certificate. We will >also provide travel fund ($100 per person) for the top five candidates to >give an oral presentation at the AAG annual meeting. Meanwhile, we will >also announce the ³Most Popular Mashup Award² (no in-person attendance to >AAG required) at the meeting according to the online voting results. The >recipient will be awarded $200 and a certificate as well. > >We are now open to submissions and the deadline is February 11, 2013. > >For detailed information about this competition and contest rules, please >visit our website at: http://mappingideas.sdsu.edu/mashup/. If you have >any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact: >[email protected]. > >We look forwarding to your submissions! > > >_______________________________________________ >ESIP-all mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-all
