The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) organized its fourth, Spatial Challenge. This year, 37 teams of students from 18 institutions took part in this annual Geographic Information System (GIS) competition. The teams showcased their efforts at The Plaza, National Library Building on 27 July, marking the culmination of six months of hard work by the students. Guest-Of-Honour, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Law, Mr. K Shanmugam presented the prizes to the winners at the closing ceremony.
This year, SLA introduced a new category for tertiary students – GIS Applications – to encourage students to incorporate spatial concepts with programming expertise to create new and innovative applications. The SLA Spatial Challenge 2011 consists of three group categories – (1) GIS Analysis: Pre-University (Junior Colleges, Millennia Institute, Integrated Programme schools and NUS High School of Mathematics and Science), (2) GIS Analysis: Tertiary (Polytechnic and Universities) and (3) GIS Application: Tertiary (Polytechnic and Universities). Read More
