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Dear friends and colleagues the deadline for the student competition
described below has been extended to Sept. 28th, 2001, please forward this
announcement to your students.  Thank you.

Abstracts are invited for participation in the 2nd Annual AAG Student
Illustrated Paper Competition sponsored by the Cartography, GIS and Remote
Sensing Specialty Groups. The main theme of the poster should deal with
scientific developments in or applications of  cartography, GIS and/or
remote sensing Student applicants are required to be the sole or first
author of the illustrated paper.

AWARDS: Along with a certificate of achievement, first, second, and third
place winners will receive $150, $75, and $50 respectively. An additional
award will be provided for the best undergraduate presentation.  An Awards
Committee, consisting of members from the three sponsoring specialty groups,
will judge the illustrated papers. The committee will judge papers based
upon their research contribution to the fields of remote sensing, GIS,
and/or cartography, information content in the poster portion, and effective
presentation of the information. Awards will be presented at the AAG Awards
Banquet; tickets to the banquet will be provided for each of the winners.
Results of the competition will be published in the AAG Newsletter and each
of the specialty group newsletters, as well as on the specialty group web
pages.

ELIGIBILITY: This competition is open to any undergraduate or graduate
student who is a current member of one of the three sponsoring AAG specialty
groups. For membership information simply contact the AAG (www.aag.org) for
instructions. Student dues are only $1.00 for the Remote Sensing Specialty
Group (RSSG) and $2.00 for the Cartography Specialty Group (CSG), and there
are no student dues for the GIS Specialty Group (GISSG).

Student applicants should submit their abstract on line at www.aag.org by
September 28th, 2001.  After submission, please forward a copy of your
abstract as well as the automatically generated PIN to: Ludmila Monika
Moskal at moskal@ku.edu.  You will be notified of your acceptance to the
competition within a week of your abstract and PIN number submission.    If
you have any questions regarding this competition please contact:

Ludmila Monika Moskal (moskal@ku.edu)
RSSG Student Director
Remote Sensing (KARS) Program
2291 Irving Hill Road - Nichols Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-2969
Phone: (785) 864-7728
Fax: (785) 864-0392



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-LMM

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Ludmila Monika Moskal (MSc)                moskal@ukans.edu
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate

www.people.ukans.edu/~moskal

Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program (KARS)
2291 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045

Telephone:  785.864.7720                 Fax:  785.864.0392