{"id":65852,"date":"2018-08-29T13:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=65852"},"modified":"2019-05-24T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T22:12:17","slug":"students-win-global-content-challenge","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/students-win-global-content-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Students Win Global Content Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"arcwatch_issues":[38072],"class_list":["post-65852","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","arcwatch_issues-january-2017","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"Thirteen students won a total of $51,000 and other prizes in the Esri-sponsored Global Content Challenge. The students used Living Atlas","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Thirteen students used their scientific know-how about our planet, along with their skills working with GIS technology and ArcGIS content, to win prizes in the Esri\u00a0Global Content Challenge<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe winners were recently announced by Esri chief scientist Dawn J. Wright, who commended them for \"unleashing the power of Esri's\u00a0Living Atlas of the World content<\/a>\" to create thought-provoking stories related to climate change, tiger conservation, agriculture, food insecurity, urban growth, and other topics.\r\n\r\nFor example, Alicea Zelesny, a master's degree student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, won first place in the ocean category of the competition with her story map,\u00a0Antarctica\u2014The Southerly Extreme<\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":58112,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The story map explores the continent's extreme weather, its flora and fauna, the past expeditions to Antarctica, and the scientific research that goes on there today.\r\n\r\n\"I find Antarctica a fascinating place full of wonder and extremes,\" Zelesny said. \"I hope this map will bring the same fascination to others. Additionally, with the recently signed agreement protecting a large area of the Ross Sea [as a marine sanctuary], understanding this continent is proving to be important as an international issue.\"\r\n\r\nWright said that the Global Content Challenge made students aware of content available from the\u00a0Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0such as terrain, ocean, climate and weather, and population data. And she praised their imaginative thinking.\r\n\r\n\"We really appreciate the efforts and creativity of the contestants,\" said Wright. \"At some schools, the contest was used as part of term projects within GIS courses, which is exactly what we had hoped for. Already, several students have written to say how challenging\u2014in a good way\u2014and thought-provoking the contest was, even if they didn't win a prize. They were also appreciative of learning about all the Living Atlas content that they were unaware of previously.\""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":58132,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The first-, second-, and third-place winners took home a total of $51,000 in prize money, while those who received honorable mentions received autographed Esri Press books and posters. Seventy people submitted entries to the contest. The winners were selected by a distinguished international panel of judges well-versed in science, GIS, and cartography.\r\n\r\nThe students were required to make use of selected content in the Living Atlas of the World, which exposed them to this new universe of resources. The students also were required to submit their work as an Esri\u00a0Story Map Journal app<\/a>. The winners, their prizes, the contest categories, and links to their story maps are listed below:"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":58172,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"