Guidelines for 2017 Contest
• Each school is allowed to submit up to five student maps for the state competition.
• If there are more than five potential maps from a school, a judging panel at the school should select the top five to submit for the state contest. You are encouraged to invite a GeoMentor to participate in the school judging.
• The top five Alabama maps in each division will be submitted to the Esri 2017 Map Competition for U.S Schools.
• There are two divisions: middle school (grades 4th-8th) and high school (9th-12th)
• Maps can be submitted by one student or by a team of two students.
• A two student team will be entered into the division of the oldest student.
All qualified entries need to meet the following guidelines for topic and map construction:
Your story map must feature a geographic story about your Alabama hometown with at least one original map created using ArcGIS Online. Here are the contest guidelines:
• Your final project may include images and videos but must be primarily based on the data on your original map.
• Your mapped hometown story must include some analysis based on the information presented. Some examples of analysis are:
•Use the ArcGIS measure feature to determine the size of an area shown on your map.
•Create symbols for your map using Map Notes to show important locations.
•Create a layer using a csv file to show the geographic distribution of some type of feature, and include your explanation of the distribution as a part of the story map.
•Create a layer using a csv file with numerical information that can be displayed using the ArcGIS “Counts and Amounts” feature.
•Compare two or more imported layers and explain the patterns you find.
• Your story must focus on your hometown but you may use data from outside your hometown to help tell your story. The mapped area should not exceed a 50 mile radius from the center of your hometown.
• All of your research must be documented on the Details page of your ArcGIS story map. All non-original materials need to be properly referenced. Include a description of how your original map was created and how you did your analysis.
Map Construction Guidelines
• You must use ArcGIS Online to construct your map.
• Your map must address the theme for 2017.
• Your map must be original and not created using only layers of data already available either online or from Esri. To meet those criteria, you must have created at least one layer of your own data.
• Your final map for submission must be a presentation, a web app, or one of the following story maps:
•Story Map Cascade
•Story Map Journal
•Story Map Series
•Story Map Spyglass
•Story Map Swipe
•Story Map Tour
Deadline: May 12, 2017