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Each year Keystone GIS (formerly PaMAGIC) holds a Student Map & Poster Competition at the annual PA GIS Conference. All students are encouraged to submit maps, geospatial, technical and research posters for a chance at prizes! All submissions are displayed in the Map & Poster Gallery during the PA GIS Conference Mappy Hour. The winners are selected by a panel of judges and a popular vote open to all Mappy Hour attendees. Go to awards by year: |
2025 PA GIS Map & Poster Competition Awards
| 1st Place | Jess Cronin - Mercyhurst University From Scene to Screen: A workflow for bringing datasets from a terrestrial laser scanner into GIS software. |
| 2nd Place | Alexa Helstowski, Caleb Edwards, and Sean Papke - Wilkes University Oh Shick!: Landslide Risk Analysis of the Southern Slope of the Shickshinny Mountain |
| 3rd Place | Angela Briandt - Indiana University of Pennsylvania Integrated Remote Sensing and Peat Probe Measurements for Wetland Basin Volume Estimation: The Glades Nature Conservancy, Maryland. |
| 4th Place |
Kelsey Hull - Shippensburg University Analyzing Floodplain Implications of Stream Restoration using RAS Alpha 2025
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Popular Vote Tied 1st |
Eric Belfanti - Susquehanna University Even Nature Likes to Flash: Predicting Flashiness in Non-Gaged Streams |
Popular Vote Tied 1st |
Sophia Bottiglieri - University of Pittsburgh The Geography of Risk: Car Crash Data Disparities in Philadelphia |
Popular Vote Runner Up |
Sam Winter, Faith Morcombe, Aidan Hogan, and Angelica Delgado Rodriguez - Wilkes University Surficial Geological Map of the Blakeslee 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Pennsylvania |