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Each year Keystone GIS (formerly PaMAGIC) holds a Student Map & Poster Competition at the annual PA GIS Conference. All students are encouraged to submit maps, geospatial, technical and research posters for a chance at prizes! All submissions are displayed in the Map & Poster Gallery during the PA GIS Conference Mappy Hour. The winners are selected by a panel of judges during the Mappy Hour Event. Go to awards by year: |
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| 1st Place | Alexa Helstowski, Caleb Edwards, and Sean Papke - Wilkes University Stable or Slipping?: Risk Assessment of the Shickshinny Mountain Southern Slope |
2nd Place |
Reagan Weldon Peri, Faith Morcombe - Wilkes University Can NDVI be Used to Detect and Predict Landslides?: A Case Study from Northeastern Pennsylvania |
| Humanities | |
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1st Place
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Emily Boyle - University of Pittsburgh Mapping Urban Decay and Identifying “At-Risk” Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh |
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2nd Place
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Sooyoung Lim - Penn State University A Directional Latent Demand Index for City Links: Fom Mobility Traces to Service Gaps |
| 1st Place |
Jess Cronin - Mercyhurst University
From Scene to Screen: A workflow for bringing datasets from a terrestrial laser scanner into GIS software. |
| 2nd Place |
Alexa Helstowski, Caleb Edwards, and Sean Papke - Wilkes University
Oh Shick!: Landslide Risk Analysis of the Southern Slope of the Shickshinny Mountain |
| 3rd Place |
Angela Briandt - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Integrated Remote Sensing and Peat Probe Measurements for Wetland Basin Volume Estimation: The Glades Nature Conservancy, Maryland. |
| 4th Place |
Kelsey Hull - Shippensburg University Analyzing Floodplain Implications of Stream Restoration using RAS Alpha 2025 |
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Popular Vote Tied 1st |
Eric Belfanti - Susquehanna University Even Nature Likes to Flash: Predicting Flashiness in Non-Gaged Streams |
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Popular Vote Tied 1st |
Sophia Bottiglieri - University of Pittsburgh The Geography of Risk: Car Crash Data Disparities in Philadelphia |
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Popular Vote Runner Up |
Sam Winter, Faith Morcombe, Aidan Hogan, and Angelica Delgado Rodriguez - Wilkes University Surficial Geological Map of the Blakeslee 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Pennsylvania |