MApps Awards
People's choice Best Map - People's choice Best Application
BESPATIAL MAPPSBeSpatial Annual General Meeting and Exhibit Showcase May 2-3, 2023 | Submission Deadline: April 14, 2023 |
MApps (Maps and Applications) People's Choice Award & GalleryYou've worked hard to create a map or application for your organization and now is your chance to show it off to other GIS professionals and colleagues from around the Province at the annual BeSpatial and program event! You have the opportunity to show off your best traditional Map design or create a layout to display your latest Web Application. Start planning your submission now for an award winning opportunity. The 2023 submissions will be accepted up to Friday, April 14th, 2023. |
How to Participate?
Participation is easy! Simply fill in the online registration form and e-mail your digital files to the attention of member services director
Please email as an attachment and/or provide a permanent, online link to a complete PDF or JPEG version of your map submission or application.
During the AGM & BeSpatial event, each attendee will have a chance to vote on a Map and an App. The highest vote for each will receive the MApps People's Choice Award.
Everyone is welcome to participate!
The People's Choice MApps Award will be given to one map and one app.
Maps are traditional paper or material based projects and apps include Esri Story Maps, StoryMap JS, Web based application and mobile apps.
2023 Submission Deadline
April 14th, 2023, the deadline for your submission information including your digital file of your MApps submission.
To view past winners, please visit our Awards and Recognition page.For more information on participating in this event, please send an email to member services director
2022 App WinnereParks Interactive Map Viewer ApplicationAuthor: Devin Day - City of Mississauga Software Used: ArcGIS Online, FME Abstract: eParks is part of the WordPress based portal Mississauga.ca which uses dynamic maps to allow residents to search for different parks within the City by park name or amenity. The application pulls GIS data from a custom ArcGIS Online data end point into Wordpress allowing the park data to also be discoverable from the Mississauga.ca search engine, providing optimized usability, performance and functionality. The selected park’s landing page offers general information on the park as well as a detailed aerial base map showcasing the location and pop-up description of the amenities and trails, allowing residents to easily plan their visits. 2022 Map WinnerCity of Rotterdam thematic map Author: Shahzaib Saleem - University of Toronto
Software Used: ArcGIS Pro Abstract: As much as I love remote sensing and spatial analysis, cartography is a huge passion. Being able to create aesthetically pleasing maps to grab the reader's attention. Experimented with styles, colors, fonts, and SVG file formats in ArcPro to create a land cover area thematic map of Rotterdam. One thing I learned from this, metadata and documentation is crucial to maintain/provide for any dataset. The Corine dataset is a 5GB file with over 50 land area classes. Without the documentation to clean the data, classifying the areas into 5 main classes (Urban, Forest, Agriculture, Wetlands, and Water) would not have been possible/accurate. | Previous Winners |
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