Nominations for the 2020 CGIA Awards are Now Open

Each year the California Geographic Information Association recognizes outstanding achievements in various aspects of GIS within California through its awards program. Awards are open to any person in the State of California, and will be announced at the Esri User Group Conference (UC), July 13-17th in San Diego, California: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/overview

All award winners receive a FREE 1-year membership to CGIA.

CGIA will be seeking nominations for outstanding individuals and organizations in the following categories:

• Student Award: Granted to the student whose project, application or tool best demonstrates innovation in the use of GIS technology.  Submissions must be received by the awards nomination closing date.  A travel award (up to $500) to the 2020 ESRI User Conference will be given to the recipient of this award. The travel award can be used toward the registration fee, hotel, and/or flight/gas. Receipts are required. The recipient must provide a written summary of his/her overall experience of the conference along with a brief review of the sessions attended (due no later than July 31, 2020).

• Exemplary use of GIS: Granted for outstanding application of GIS technology representing innovative, elegant, or creative techniques for analysis, mapping, data management or automation.  The technology may be transparent to the end user and is not required to display map output.

• Outstanding Geospatial Web Application: Granted to the outstanding integration of GIS and web technologies (online mapping, dashboards and data collection) demonstrating excellence in aesthetic presentation, functionality, ease of use, and overall user experience.

• Excellence in GIS Teaching: Granted to formal educators, trainers, and mentors in GIS that display extraordinary approach, contribution, development or commitment to GIS education in California.

An award is an outstanding way of recognizing individuals in the GIS community for their efforts in the education, implementation and advancement of GIS.  Nominate a colleague, project, or program for a CGIA award on, or after, February 9, 2020 by going to the CGIA Nomination Page.

Award Category details - https://cgia.org/about-cgia/cgia-awards-program/

Questions please contact CGIA Board Member- Chris Robinson (chrisr.gis@gmail.com), or CGIA Chair An-Min Wu (chair@cgia.org). 

Nominations must be submitted by May 10, 2020.