EIU GIScience Center

GTU and the Department of Geology/Geography sponsored an annual student map competition in 2014, 2016  & 2017. The 2017 competition was themed on the Lake Charleston Trails, and led to on internship with the city to create an official map still used today. The winning maps for 2016 & 2014 are below.

2016 Winner:

Love Fever on Twitter: Modeling Valentine's Day Geo-located Tweets Using Two and Three Dimensional Kernel Density Estimations by ALI AKBARIMOGHADDAM

2014 Winner:

Top 3 Natural Disasters: The United States & Fatalities Associated With Weather - 2012 by MELINDA SWINFORD