[Geodata] Fw: [cartography] Digital Earth 3D Visualization Grand Challenge

Fri Feb 9 06:26:50 EST 2007

i like this. open source gets extra points!

i'd like to attend linuxtag and meet random people and talk open data
at them and practise my really terrible german.

ich verstehe nicht. ich bin verpailt.

zx  
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EARTH 3D 
VISUALIZATION

GRAND CHALLENGE

How can we better experience this 
world of ours at the cross roads of 
human impacts and climate change?  
How can we best communicate these 
experiences, particularly in light 
of the major changes Earth now 
faces, as one world?  How can we 
most compellingly understand and 
communicate those experiences and 
processes?  What 3D experiences or 
3D tools can you share that might 
encourage the opportunity for a 
better world?  If you think you can 
do this in a way that demonstrates 
how people can more easily and 
effectively communicate, YOU COULD 
WIN BIG!

The International Digital Earth 3D 
Visualization Challenge gives 
researchers, creative programmers, 
community leaders, activists, and 
students this unprecedented 
opportunity for international 
visibility of their work.  Submit 
your entry by 1 April 2007 to be one 
of several International Digital 
Earth Challenge Winners!

Winners will be flown, with all 
expenses paid, from around the world 
to San Francisco for the June 5th to 
June 9th symposium. Six (6) 
finalists will receive their awards 
and prize packages at the Gala 
Awards Dinner on June 7th on the 
U.C. Berkeley campus.  Contest 
sponsors, including Google, ESRI, 
and NASA will be attending the 
awards ceremonies for the 
International Symposium for Digital 
Earth awards dinner.  Winners will 
be afforded the unique opportunity 
to interview with these industry 
giants for potential employment 
opportunities.

Runners-up will receive outstanding 
recognition by the International 
Society of Digital Earth, and the 
major geobrowser leaders; ESRI, 
GeoFusion, Google, and the NASA 
World Wind team.

Don't delay.  Visit the Challenge 
Contest Rules today at 
http://dex.telascience.org/entry-form or on the conference web site at 
www.isde5.org 
<http://www.isde5.org/>!

Be recognized as a world-class 
Digital Earth Champion!  For the 
chance of a lifetime, accept the 
Digital Earth Challenge!!!

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DIGITAL EARTH CHALLENGE CONTEST RULES

1.      Any citizen or class of 
citizens on the planet Earth may 
apply.

2.      Entries must be received in 
English by 1 April 2007.

3.      Entries must demonstrate 
unique or innovative applications, 
tools, or utilities for 3D 
Visualization

4.      Entry Forms must be 
submitted electronically at 
http://dex.telascience.org/entry-form

5.      Entries must provide a URL 
for location of their 3D 
Visualization entry.

6.      URLs must remain active for 
the duration of the contest (until 9 
June 2007).

7.      Only one entry per 
individual or group may be submitted.

8.      Copyrights and ownership 
will remain with the author/creator; 
however, copyright permission to 
publish the entry and announce the 
winner's name will be retained by 
the ISDE5 Secretariat.

9.      If USA Visa restrictions 
prevent winners from traveling to 
San Francisco, a cash award will be 
wired to the contest winner's bank 
account. 
CONTEST AWARDS FOR DIGITAL EARTH 
CHALLENGE

1.      All expenses paid travel, 
accommodations, and conference fees 
to the 5th International Symposium 
on Digital Earth hosted on the 
campus of the University of 
California at Berkeley.

2.      Special recognition of the 
winning entries by invited 
presentations.

3.      Receipt of Award Plaque and 
nominal cash prize at the Awards 
Dinner on 7 June 2007.

4.      Special dinner seating with 
VIP industry and technology leaders.

5.      Technology Prize Package, a 
collection of valuable gifts 
including thousands of dollars worth 
of the leading geobrowser and 
tessellation software packages.

JUDGING EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR 
DIGITAL EARTH CHALLENGE

A panel of internationally acclaimed 
judges will evaluate all entries to 
determine their relative ranking.  
Categories will include: (1) 
Applications and (2) Tools & 
Utilities

Entries will be judged for:

   * Uniqueness
   * Innovation
   * Usefulness
   * Scalability
   * Effective use of 3D 
   perspectives.

Entries will also be judged for 
Digital Earth characteristics, 
including:

   * Open source
   * Ability to interoperate
   * Transportability

Relationship to the themes of the 
Digital Earth Vision is important, 
for example:

   * Education
   * Health
   * Environment
   * Science
   * History
   * Art
   * Music
   * Ease of use
   * Web-viewing
   * Esthetics
   * Sustainable Development

TECHNICAL AND PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS 
FOR DIGITAL EARTH CHALLENGE

Challenge contestants may submit 
their entries electronically to 
http://dex.telascience.org/entry-form

ENTRY FORM CONTENTS FOR DIGITAL 
EARTH CHALLENGE

Full Name (Family Name, First Name, 
Other Names):

Work Place or School; Name and 
Address:

Home Address:

Contact Phone Number:

Email address:

Entry Description [500 word limit]:

Entry URL Location [Please include 
any access codes; Confidential for 
Judges Only]

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