On the occasion of the 20th International GIS Day in Bulgaria that will be held on November 14 (Wednesday) at Sofia hotel Balkan, ESRI Bulgaria together with its partners are pleased to invite you to join the
National map contest
“Rediscover Bulgaria with GIS”
We invite all young and grown-up discoverers to tell their story on a map and rediscover Bulgaria with the help of the Geographic Information Systems. If you could tell a story and put it on a map, what would it be?
Take our challenge and tell your story that will stay in time!
1.Categories
Both organizations and individual participants can participate in the contest. Your map can be related to a special experience, useful information, historical or factual data, with your own or public project. You can pay attention to a problem, educate people on a particular topic or call for support for a particular cause.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
– History and culture (maps representing cultural events, festivals, celebrations, traditions, cultural monuments, historical sites, towns, communities, nations, localities, etc.);
– Education (maps connected to the education and learning process, school, university, course, and everything that helps us develop new and useful knowledge);
– Travel and tourism (familiar and unknown places, roads, sights, and experiences related to the beauty of our homeland);
-Sustainable development (maps related to topics such as the environment, urban development, personal or public causes, good practices and examples from the activities of organizations and many others).
The possibilities are unlimited. All you have to do is rediscover them!
2. Awards
The winner in each category receives the following prizes:
- An annual license for the world’s leading GIS software Esri ArcGIS Desktop;
2. Ticket for a destination chosen by the winner of 250 lv.;
3. Certificate for “Esri Map Expert”;
4. Specialized atlas with Modern GIS Cards “Esri Map Book”
The best maps of each category will be posted on the National Geographic Bulgaria website.
Send us your map by 05.11.2018 at maps@esribulgaria.com.
For information, please visit www.esribulgaria.com/mapcontest or simply contact us.
Let’s continue to rediscover Bulgaria together!