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GIS in Action<\/h1>\n
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CONFERENCE DETAILS<\/b>

When: Main Conference: Wednesday, April 23rd, and Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Where: Downtown Portland, at the Standard Insurance Building (home to Esri\u2019s Portland R&D offices)

The GIS in Action Conference has been a cornerstone event for GIS professionals and enthusiasts for 34 years. It provides a fantastic opportunity for students and instructors to connect, share work, and engage with the GIS community.

MAP CONTEST<\/b>

One highlight of the conference is the Map Contest, which I am organizing this year. I would like to see your students participate! You might even consider integrating this into a class project.

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Analytic Presentation:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Communicating meaningful patterns in data<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Cartographic:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Quality of the visual display<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Data Integration:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Combining data from different sources<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Web Applications:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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StoryMaps, ArcGIS Online, Tableau, Mapbox, Power BI, or similar platforms<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Student:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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For those pursuing a degree or certificate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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VOTING AND PRIZES:<\/b>

Winners in each category will receive prizes, such as $50 REI gift certificates.
Second-place prizes may also be awarded based on amount entered in that category.

REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS<\/b>

Map Contest 2025<\/a>

Entry Formats:

– Hardcopy maps (up to 3 ft x 5 ft for poster boards)
– Digital maps
– Web applications

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE<\/b>

Check out last year’s\u00a0GIS in Action Schedule for 2024<\/a>\u00a0Schedule for the previous conference.

If you have questions or suggestions for the contest or know others who may be interested in presenting, volunteering, or participating as vendors, please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out.

Visit the conference homepage for more details:\u00a0GIS in Action home page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[176,40,38,58,6770,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55046,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55045\/revisions\/55046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}