<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.asprs.org/Students/GeoLeague-Challenge-2016.html" target="_blank">http://www.asprs.org/Students/GeoLeague-Challenge-2016.html</a></font><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">GeoLeague Challenge</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">This will mark the sixth year of the GeoLeague Challenge to be held at the ASPRS Annual Conference in April 2016.  Teams from across the country compete in a challenge put forth by the ASPRS Student Advisory Council (SAC).  Please review the challenge and the rules for 2016. This year’s challenge is to </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">use freely available imagery to produce an innovative visualization product featuring the national park of your choice. This challenge celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the National Park Service!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;color:rgb(76,76,76);background:transparent">In celebration of the upcoming National Park Service Centennial, the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service kicked off the Find Your Park movement to inspire all people to connect with, enjoy, and support America’s national parks. They invite those who already know and love the parks and also the next generation of visitors, supporters, and advocates to join the movement at </span><a href="http://www.findyourpark.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,102,153);outline:0px;background:transparent" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;color:rgb(0,125,195);background:transparent">FindYourPark.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">There are 407 national parks and the SAC is challenging you to pick one and create a visualization product that highlights its unique features. Examples include:</span></p><p style="margin:8pt 0in 8pt 0.5in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:7pt;font-stretch:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';background:transparent">       </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Time series animation</span></p><p style="margin:8pt 0in 8pt 0.5in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:7pt;font-stretch:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';background:transparent">       </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">GIS fly through</span></p><p style="margin:8pt 0in 8pt 0.5in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:7pt;font-stretch:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';background:transparent">       </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Online story map</span></p><p style="margin:8pt 0in 8pt 0.5in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:7pt;font-stretch:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';background:transparent">       </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Image based structure from motion</span></p><p style="margin:8pt 0in 8pt 0.5in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:7pt;font-stretch:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';background:transparent">       </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">3D model</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Participation Guidelines</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Form a group of 3-5 undergraduate and/or graduate students and a faculty advisor in your region (at least 3 students must be ASPRS student members by the registration deadline and remain student members through the Annual Conference). If you have trouble meeting this requirement, please feel free to contact us. You may also ask for guidance from ASPRS members in your surrounding communities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:11px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">To be eligible to compete, please submit a completed registration form by February 26, 2016: </span></strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pFlxhawfZGdZbLxTI8i-yBHSIe8ZoIK-wvSrO8Yl9pk/viewform" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,102,153);outline:0px;background:transparent" target="_blank"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:transparent">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pFlxhawfZGdZbLxTI8i-yBHSIe8ZoIK-wvSrO8Yl9pk/viewform</span></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:11px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:11px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Project Deliverables and Deadlines</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">1)   Visualization product</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">2)   Brief report including background, objective, method, and a description of the final product.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">3)  At least one representative from each team will be required to attend the 2016 Annual ASPRS Conference in Fort Worth on April 11-15th to present the final product.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">All materials must be submitted via Google Drive link to </span></strong><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent"><a href="mailto:asprsstudentcouncil@gmail.com" target="_blank">asprsstudentcouncil@gmail.com</a> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent">by 11:59 pm EST on March 25th, 2016</span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Evaluation</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">The products will be evaluated both before and during the 2016 ASPRS Annual Conference by judges from different sectors of the geospatial industry (Government Employees, Students, Private Sector Employees, Faculty, etc.).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">End Product (Visualization) – 50 pts</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Creativity – 20 pts</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Technical/scientific merit – 20 pts</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Project Report – 10 pts</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Prizes</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Certificate, a published Highlight Article in PE&RS, and many more prizes to be announced.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:12pt;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Contact</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:11px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Please contact the ASPRS SAC Deputy Chair if you have any questions:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11px;margin-bottom:11px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">Caren Remillard</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;background:transparent">, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent">ASPRS Student Advisory Council Deputy Chair</span></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--------</div>David Alvarez <br><br>“THE FURTHER BACKWARDS YOU LOOK, THE FURTHER FORWARD YOU CAN SEE"<br><br>Winston Churchill</div></div></div>
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