Invitation to Enter the SSC2007 Map Competition

On behalf of the Spatial Sciences Board and the Organising Committee of SSC2007, I am excited to issue this invitation to all Spatial Professionals to participate in the SSC2007 Map Competition.

Since 1982, the Mapping Sciences Institute Australia has recognised outstanding achievement in the Mapping Sciences, including through the judging and exhibition of a Map Competition. In recognition of the role that the Mapping Sciences Institute has played in the formation of the Spatial Sciences Institute, the SSC2007 organising committee has decided to incorporate a map competition into the third biennial international Spatial Sciences Conference.

The past 15 years have seen rapid and innovative advances in the evolution of the Spatial Sciences, especially with regard to the application of computer based technologies. Organisations having a spatial component to their business are responding to the challenging demands of measuring, managing and communicating geospatial information to diverse clients, both internally and externally.

Subjects including endangered species monitoring, watershed and wetlands mapping, wilderness assessment, land cover classification, visual resource management, terrain and structures analysis, demographic mapping and many more together with the traditional utility, cadastral and topographic mapping areas are being undertaken by members of our industry.

The widespread availability of desktop mapping and spatial analysis applications has meant that these tasks are now undertaken by practitioners from many varied disciplines. More than ever before, it is important to foster and recognise the adoption of sound, innovative and professional practices in the production and communication of geospatial information, from which we as participants in an industry and as a society can benefit.

This competition offers practitioners an opportunity to show their best work, to demonstrate excellence in the design and execution of map products, and to receive the acknowledgment of their peers.

The enclosed information pack contains all the entry details and judging criteria. Please access the links to these pages and get excited by the opportunities. All entries received for the competition will be exhibited at SSC2007.

Michael Giudici
Convenor SSC2007