Zhang Mengyi
Instructor, SuperMap GIS Contest Training
1. Could you explain what kind of training will be offered to SuperMap GIS Contest competitors?
SuperMap GIS Contest provides a variety of trainings, including live streaming and free videos. We’ll guide contestants on general requirements for making teams and submitting works in proper formats, share excellent works from previous contests, and give some hints on how to impress the judges with sophisticated skills, thorough analysis, and creative topics. Moreover, there are a range of trainings designed for specific GIS application skills such as mapping, analysis, 3D GIS, and 2D/3D Web GIS development, from which contestants might choose to learn at any time based on their interests.
2. Is there anything new that we can expect from this year's training?
This year we are going to introduce the latest version of SuperMap GIS products to the contestants, which integrate the innovative GIS technology with a modern and more user-friendly interface. Not only will we explore basic skills of GIS application with SuperMap GIS 11i, but we also plan to conduct demos similar to real projects and learn how to deal with complex tasks and massive data using Geoprocessing Automation Model. Additionally, feel free to rise your specifically interested fields and ideas about the training topic to us, so that we might add them to the plan. Please contact me via zhangmengyi@supermap.com.
3. Do you have any suggestions for contestants?
We have received plenty of excellent work every year, impressing us with creativity, thorough reports, aesthetic maps/interfaces, and sophisticated system design. These are the four key highlights the judges are looking for. Among them, thorough reports and aesthetic maps/interfaces are necessary elements for winners’ work, while creativity and sophisticated system design could level up your work one step further to the biggest prize.
However, pities often occur when contestants misinterpret the importance of the four key highlights. A lot of those who missed the reward did impress the judges with their creativity or beautiful maps, but their submitted reports are too simple, just summarizing several-month hard work in less than 10 sentences, and even failed to provide complete data of their work. In such cases, the judges cannot evaluate the amount and hardship of their work, nor could they fully understand the aims and practical values of the work. So, please consider how to have a clear and thorough record of your work from the beginning, and keep it till the final submission. Another kind of pity occurs when contestants choose the wrong group to participate in. We often find some pretty maps from the analysis group, which are created with well-prepared data while involved with little spatial analysis skills. They could have been considered winners in the mapping group but missed the basic requirement for the analysis group, aka a complete spatial analysis workflow applying a series of spatial analysis tools. Therefore, choosing a suitable group and planning your project based on the specific group requirements are the principle for winning the prize.
4. Could you share with us more exciting activities of SuperMap that are open to students this year?
Besides showing GIS skills in SuperMap GIS Contest, there are more opportunities for students to practice professional skills and learn more about GIS industrial applications. University students around the world may apply to become SuperMap Campus Ambassadors. Once the application is approved, you would be the representative of the SuperMap GIS Contest at your university. Your task is to organize your peers to participate in SuperMap GIS Contest and other SuperMap GIS events if possible, and we will provide you with certificates, special prizes, and any other support you need. Also, SuperMap is going to hold the annual Geospatial Information Software Technology Conference this year, which is a great chance for university students to open their minds on how the GIS industry promotes the development of the world.
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