Winner of the ifgi Student of the year award 2018
The “EDC Student of the Year” award 2018 at ifgi goes to Marlena Götza for her work on the use of geospatial analysis functionality in big data infrastructures.
Congratulations!
EDC Student of the Year Award 2018 - Call for Applications
The ifgi Esri Development Center (EDC) is calling for applications for the “Student of the Year” award 2018.
Award Conditions
The award will be granted for innovative projects, theses or seminar papers completed at ifgi by applying or extending Esri's GIS software. It includes a certificate, 500 US$ cash and an Esri Press book (Getting to Know Web GIS). Additionally, Esri will select one truly outstanding student from all EDC submissions worldwide for special recognition at the Annual Esri Users Conference in San Diego.
Application Requirements
We are looking for individual students who will finish their projects, including substantial work with Esri software, by 1st April, 2018. If you are a supervisor, please encourage your students who might be interested to apply for the award. Requirements for applicants are:
1. You are currently Bachelor, Master or PhD student at the department for geosciences at the University of Muenster.
2. Provide a summary (in English, max. 500 words) of the project describing clearly the scope, methodology and results of the work performed.
3. Please provide the applicant's name, degree program, and course/project in addition to the summary.
4. Submit the application to christian.knoth@uni-muenster.de by 10th March, 2018.
The award winner will be announced before March 15th, 2018.
ESRI Webinar on Python API
If you are interested in the Python API for ArcGIS, this webinar might be helpful:
https://esri.app.box.com/s/k3q58h4b13tpn2vj7sw5uu8hd1d7vbxr
EDC Forum 2017 in Muenster, September 21/22 - Program and Registration
The program of the EDC Forum 2017 - "Big Data Analytics in Geographic Information Systems" is online and registration is open! Click here to get to the homepage.
DWA Hackathon WasserWirtschaft 4.0!
If you are interested in GIS for water management, you should have a look at this event on April 24:
https://geonet.esri.com/events/2319-kommt-mit-uns-zum-1-dwa-hackathon-wasserwirtschaft-40-deutsch
Esri Developer Summit 2016 in Berlin, 6th - 8th December
the Esri Developer Summit 2016 will take place in Berlin from 6th to 8th of December. It is an important event for anyone interested in the development of apps and tools with Esri technology (see here for further info).
Are you committed to software development in the Esri software realm and interested in participating? Do you maybe even have a project you want to share in a 5-minute "Lightning Talk" at the Developer Summit?
Then please contact christian.knoth@uni-muenster.de. We might be able to give financial support!
Esri User Conference 2017 Call for Papers
Each year, the Esri UC features inspired ArcGIS solutions, insightful best practices, time-saving apps, and game-changing maps. Your work could share that spotlight. The Esri UC will take place July 10 - July 14 2017 in San Diego, CA, USA. The call for papers deadline is Friday, October 28.
Click here for more info.
IFGI students receive the 2016 Esri Development Center International Student of the Year Award
Aleksandr Shirokov and Dominik Schlarmann receive the 2016 Esri Development Center (EDC) International Student of the Year Award.
Aleksandr has been awarded the prize for his project “Gesture-Based Interactions with Esri Story Maps in Context of Public Places“, and Dominik for his Project “Geofenced Location-Based Services for eParticipation“.
Each year, all EDCs worldwide nominate student candidates who have developed innovative software solutions applying or extending Esri´s ArcGIS platform. A committee of Esri staff members selects the winning project, and has this year chosen two students from ifgi for recognition as the Esri Development Center International Students of the Year.
The award includes an invitation to the Esri User Conference and Education GIS Conference in San Diego, CA. There the two students received their awards during the ”Special Achievements in GIS Awards Ceremony”.
Congratulations!
Winner of the ifgi Student of the year award 2016
This year, the “EDC Student of the Year” award at ifgi goes to two students. Aleksandr Shirokov receives the award for his project “Gesture-Based Interactions with Esri Story Maps in Context of Public Places“, and Dominik Schlarmann for his project “Geofenced Location-Based Services for eParticipation“. Both students are will be nominated for the '2016 Esri Development Center (EDC) International Student of the Year Award'.
Congratulations!
Winner of the ifgi Student of the year award 2015
The “EDC Student of the Year” award 2015 at ifgi goes to Matthias Pfeil for his work "Development of an Educational
WebGIS for North Rhine-Westphalia".
Congratulations!
Call for Presentations: Special GIScience Research Sessions at the Esri International Users Conference, 20.-24. Juli 2015, San Diego, CA
Esri invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper in a series of special joint GIScience Research Sessions for the 2015 Esri International Users Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in this special track must focus on cutting-edge research in GIScience. Full papers will be included in a special issue of Transactions in GIS to be distributed at the 2015 Esri International User and Education User Conferences. Abstracts (≤ 500 words) must be submitted to Dr. John Wilson, University of Southern California, by 15th November, 2014.
The Transactions in GIS editorial team will review abstracts based on their GIScience content and select nine abstracts to become full papers. Notice of acceptance will occur by 1st December, 2014. Full papers (maximum 6,000 words plus figures, tables, and references in appropriate format for publication) must be submitted to Dr. Wilson for independent review by 9th January, 2015. Reviewed papers will be returned to authors by 13th February, 2015 and final manuscripts must be returned by 6th March, 2015, to be included in the special issue of Transactions in GIS.
For questions or additional guidelines on this special GIScience Research Track, contact Michael Gould at mgould@esri.com.
Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail with a subject line “Esri GIScience Abstract, Authors Last Name” no later than 15th November, 2014 to: Dr. John Wilson, jpwilson@usc.edu
EDC Forum at ETH Zurich, 13th -14th November 2014: "GIS-Technologien im Energiebereich" -- Registration open until 27th of Oktober
The Chair of Geoinformation Engineering of the ETH Zurich organizes the EDC developers forum from 13th to 14th of November with Topic "GIS Technologies in the Energy Sector". The meeting will be held in German. Registration is open until 27th of October but there are only few places left. The program can be found here. For the registration follow this link.
ESRI Roads and Highways now available within the ESRI Campus License
The software component "ESRI Roads and Highways" is now available for students via Educational Site License. For further information click here.
Call for Presentations: Special GIScience Research Sessions at Esri International Users Conference, 20-24 July 2015, San Diego, California
see also the PDF
Esri invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper in a series of special joint GIScience Research Sessions for the 2015 Esri International Users Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in this special track must focus on cutting-edge research in GIScience. Full papers will be included in a special issue of Transactions in GIS to be distributed at the 2015 Esri International User and Education User Conferences. Abstracts (≤ 500 words) must be submitted to Dr. John Wilson, University of Southern California, by 15th November, 2014.
The Transactions in GIS editorial team will review abstracts based on their GIScience content and select nine abstracts to become full papers. Notice of acceptance will occur by 1st December, 2014. Full papers (maximum 6,000 words plus figures, tables, and references in appropriate format for publication) must be submitted to Dr. Wilson for independent review by 9th January, 2015. Reviewed papers will be returned to authors by 13th February, 2015 and final manuscripts must be returned by 6th March, 2015, to be included in the special issue of Transactions in GIS.
For questions or additional guidelines on this special GIScience Research Track, contact Michael Gould at mgould@esri.com.
Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail with a subject line “Esri GIScience Abstract, Authors Last Name” no later than 15th November, 2014 to: Dr. John Wilson, jpwilson@usc.edu
