For this year’s GIS day (November 19th), the Geospatial Collective at USU is organizing a poster competition for undergraduate and graduate students to participate and win prizes. The competition will be held in the Natural Resources (NR) atrium from 10.00 AM onwards. Please get your poster displayed at 10.00 AM. The presentation and judging will start at 3.00 PM, with the winners announced after the competition. To participate, individuals need to submit an abstract by Nov 5 and then produce a poster for display for the event. Individuals need to stand in front of their poster for a 2 hour slot from 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM for presenting their work to judges and interacting with peers.
The poster competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students from any department who have a GIS component for their project. Each submission is eligible for awards and prizes. Categories include – Graduate Research/Extension, Undergraduate research/project. Depending on the number of entries, each category will have upto three awards, along with a people’s choice award. In addition to the prizes, posters will be highlighted in geospatial.usu.edu.

Formatting guidelines
The poster can be created with PowerPoint, Illustrator, Photoshop or any other similar software. Posters should be sized to no larger than a 36” x 48” printed poster format (or an equivalent 3:4 height-to-width ratio). Color, rather than black and white, versions are highly preferred. All text should be easily readable (ideally 24 pts or larger in a printed 36 x 48” format) and use common font styles found in most software packages (e.g., Times New Roman, Arial, Garamond, etc.).
Posters should include:

• Title– Concise – 20 words or less is preferred
• List of authors and affiliations
• Abstract – upto 250 words
• Introduction – Briefly outline what your research/project is all about. Should have a clear problem statement defined.
• Materials and/or methods – Datasets used, methods performed- provide description
• Results – Maps, figures, tables and plots supporting your key findings.
• Discussion – Describe the implications of your project/research. (Can be combined with results)
• References (Optional) but desired.

Judging rubric will be shared with the participants a week prior to the competition.