[Geo4All] 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills Competition - Registration Opens Today

Tue Feb 26 10:56:08 PST 2019

Thanks at Sergio.I will go through it and If need be,will get back to you.
Victor

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:10 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:

> Hi Victor. Take a look at this (for an introduction):
> https://gvsigbatovi.wordpress.com/2018/12/05/course-contest-projects-with-students-and-gvsig-batovi-by-way-of-conclusion/
>
> I hope that after reading this post you'll have an idea of what we have
> done here. Now it's up to you to evaluate if it's possible to adapt it to
> your country. Maybe you can start with something not so ambitious (not at a
> National level, for instance) but you'll surely find a way to develop
> your idea. If you need any more information just say it. We'll be glad to
> help you.
>
> Have a nice day,
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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> *De:* Victor Sunday <victor.sunday at uniport.edu.ng>
> *Enviado:* martes, 26 de febrero de 2019 14:47
> *Para:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
> *Cc:* Suchith Anand; Mueller, Thomas; GeoForAll
> *Asunto:* Re: [Geo4All] 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills
> Competition - Registration Opens Today
>
> Hi All,
> I am very much interested to support such competition in Africa,and
> Nigeria,in particular,where,I lead a community of Student teams in more
> than 7 universities for OSM /GeoForAll activities.
> Thanks @ Suchith  for the guide,would appreciate more help . at Sergio,would
> you be happy to inbox me a template of your successful national competition?
> I would also like to know if the Africa Regional Chair has any plan
> towards this ,however,I would like to plan for a national competition for
> students in Nigeria.
> Thanks
> Victor N.Sunday
> Lecturer-Geoinformatics & Environmental Management
> Head of CARGIS Lab.Geography & Environmental Management
> Team Coordinator-UniqueMappersTeam GeoForAll Lab.Nigeria
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 1:59 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>
>> If you need any additional information regarding our national open GIS
>> student competition just say it and I`ll be pleased to help you.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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>> *De:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith
>> Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> *Enviado:* lunes, 25 de febrero de 2019 15:01
>> *Para:* Mueller, Thomas; Victor Sunday
>> *Cc:* GeoForAll
>> *Asunto:* Re: [Geo4All] 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills
>> Competition - Registration Opens Today
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> Sergio ran an excellent National level student competition in Uruguay
>> last year. So please take inspiration from student competition examples
>> in Uruguay, USA etc to run student competitions in your regions.
>>
>>
>> May I request colleagues to come forward from different regions (esp.
>> Africa ) to please run  GIS competitions for students . It does require lot
>> of efforts and work but is a great way to acknowledge the contributions of
>> students. I understand that GeoForAll is this year aiming  for 6 student competitions
>> (max. 500 USD awards per competition), so please take initiative to
>> organise a student competition in your region.
>>
>> Please send your requests directly to GeoForAll chairs Helena and
>> Victoria who will be happy to discuss ideas.
>>
>>
>> If you can use one of the FOSS4G regional conferences to do this that
>> will be great. I hope in future years, every FOSS4G (both global and
>> regional ones) consider this .
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of
>> Mueller, Thomas <Mueller at calu.edu>
>> *Sent:* 25 February 2019 16:19
>> *To:* Victor Sunday
>> *Cc:* GeoForAll
>> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills
>> Competition - Registration Opens Today
>>
>>
>> Victor
>>
>>
>>
>> I am sorry that is the requirement from the grant we received
>>
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>>
>> Tom Mueller
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>> Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP
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>> *he/him/his*
>> *Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration*
>> *Educational Associate – Harvard University: The MAPA: Digital Atlas of
>> Ukraine*
>> Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania
>>
>> "A man never gets to this station in life without being helped, aided,
>> shoved, pushed and prodded to do better." - Johnny Unitas
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Victor Sunday <victor.sunday at uniport.edu.ng>
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 25, 2019 11:18 AM
>> *To:* Mueller, Thomas <Mueller at calu.edu>
>> *Cc:* GeoForAll <geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills
>> Competition - Registration Opens Today
>>
>>
>>
>> Noted,but its not encouraging to us in developing countries since we are
>> exempted.
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>>
>> Victor Sunday
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>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 5:06 pm Mueller, Thomas <Mueller at calu.edu> wrote:
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>> Sorry for cross postings…(Please share with others)
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>> *Registration Opens Today ! (On the website below, there is a link called
>> **Registration**)*
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>> http://www.geotechcenter.org/2019-geospatial-technology-skills-competition.html
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>>  The GeoTech Center
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>> pleased to announce the 2019 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills
>> Competition! The intent of the competition is to showcase the geospatial
>> technology skills of U.S. undergraduate students. Competing students will
>> create a project that utilizes geospatial technology to address a
>> real-world problem. The student will then present the project and the
>> resulting deliverables as a *Poster* that not only highlights their use
>> of geospatial technology, but also demonstrates their communication and
>> presentation skills.
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>> The competition is software neutral.  *There will also be a prize for
>> the best Open Source GIS project given by the Open Source Geospatial
>> Foundation.*
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>> Applicants must meet all of the requirements below to qualify for the
>> competition (questions regarding eligibility can be directed to Tom Mueller
>> (Mueller at 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).
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>> 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. Information on
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>> *Registration for the competition opens today and closes on* *March 8,
>> 2019 at 1pm eastern*.
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>> *You will need to use or create a Gmail account to register.  *
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>> Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP
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>> *he/him/his*
>> *Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration*
>> *Assistant Director / Senior Team** GeoTech Center*
>> Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania
>>
>> "A man never gets to this station in life without being helped, aided,
>> shoved, pushed and prodded to do better." - Johnny Unitas
>>
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