Contests & Prizes
Join in the GIS Day celebration and win great prizes during the GIS Day Contests, like brand new a drone, fitness trackers, hammocks, waterproof Bluetooth speakers, and much more! There are lots of different contests and participation is free, so enter them all for your best chance of winning!
The winners for all contests will be announced at the end of the lighting talk session on GIS Day at 3:45pm, 412 Cooper Library. The winners must be present to receive their awards. Invite your peers to join!
Any prize can be swapped for a free, one-year license of ArcGIS for Personal Use ($100/license). Includes GIS software, data, and training. We have 5 licenses available to give away to winners.
Mapping for Good Mapathon
November 16, 12 pm - 1:00 pm
Join Clemson Mappers for a Mapathon event from 12pm to 1pm which benefits a humanitarian project. Gain new mapping skills using Open Street Map, and get a delicious sponsored lunch on us. No mapping experience is necessary. The most productive mappers will win the following prizes:
1st prize
Hammock
2nd prize
Clemson T-shirt
3rd prize
Clemson Cap
Where in the World?
November 16, 12 pm - 3:30pm
This year we have compiled an amazing collection of magnificent places around the world that will be on display on the 4th floor of Cooper Library.
Get your friends to join you at the library and work together to determine which special places are showcased! Participants who correctly guess all the locations could win the following prizes (must be present during award ceremony to win):
1st prize
Drone
2nd prize
Hammock
3rd prize
Wireless Speakers
4th prize
Clemson Hoodie
5th prize
Clemson Cap
Map Gallery-– submit yours here
Entries are accepted from October 26 to November 14
GIS Day participants can vote for their favorite on November 16 until 3:30 pm
The Map Gallery contest will have nine prizes to give away! First, participants will vote for their favorite story map or dashboard to enter a drawing for a prize. Plus the entry with the most votes at the end of the GIS Day events will win! To win a prize, both submitters and voters have to be present during the award ceremonies to win. Prizes are:
1st prize
Story Map Entry
Football
1st prize
Dashboard Entry
Drone
2nd prize
Story Map Entry
Drone
2nd prize
Dashboard Entry
Cap
3rd prize
Story Map Entry
Hoodie
1st prize
Voter
Hammock
4th prize
Story Map Entry
Cap
2nd prize
Voter
Cap
Lightning Talks Audience Participation
November 16, 1 - 4 pm
To encourage everyone to connect with the presenters and their work, we will give a prize to an audience member who asks the most insightful or thought-provoking question of one of the presenters. Prizes are:
1st prize
Clemson T-shirt
2nd prize
Hammock
Clemson Campus 3D Coloring Contest
November 16 1 - 3:45 pm
Show off your artistic skills by painting a 3D printed model of Clemson's campus!
Come by 412 Cooper no later than 1pm on GIS Day to paint your model and enter the contest. J
Judges will determine the most artistic, most accurately, and most original painted models to win prizes.
Most Accurate
Clemson T-shirt
Most Artistic
Clemson T-shirt
Most Original
Clemson T-shirt
Social Media Award
November 16 12 - 3:45 pm
Follow us @GISClemson, tweet your photo of GIS Day with the following hashtags: #GISDay2022, @GISClemson. Three people with the most likes and retweets will win a prize. Must be present to win. Prizes are:
1st prize
Fitness Tracker
2nd prize
Clemson T-shirt
Thank you!
The Clemson Center for Geospatial technologies would like to thank all of our sponsors, collaborators, volunteers, speakers, and attendees who made GIS Day 2022 at Clemson University a success. See you next year!