On the 27th July 2011, our SEG students (2 DIOM FYP Teams and 1 DSCM Team) attended the SLA Spatial Challenge awards ceremony at the National Library Board. They compete with participants from our local polytechnics and universities in this competition.
Tertiary GIS Application Category
Team Shine, Project: Bus Stop Poster Maintenance Route Optimization, Supervised by Liu Shubin, Students: JIAO YANG (Leader), GAO YI QING
Tertiary GIS Analysis Category
Team OptFor, Project: Site Selection of 24 Hour Clinic Using GIS Analysis, Supervised by Cheng Howe Chiat, Students: GOH YION PIN(Leader), HONG CHEE ZONG, TONG HUI XIN, TAN HWEE MIN
Team The Republicans, Project: Training Routes for Marathon, Supervised by Sim Shyuan Jing, Students: LIM QING YANG (Leader), HENG LIHAN, LOH GUO WEI, CHIAM SOCK HWEE, CHEN BING HUANG
The students put in a lot of hard work for the competition starting as early as March 2011 to prepare for this competition. They have to go through the steep learning curve of Geographical Information System (GIS) and using ArcGIS as part of their competition.
Link to the results in Facebook
Team Shine has impressed the judges with their innovative ideas and received an Eureka Award. The team that comes up with an original project concept, uses creative approach to problem solving and analyses issues from a “why didn’t I think of that” perspective!
Team OptFor has impressed the public with their project and many people came over to learn more about it. One staff from NCS even approached the students to get their contact numbers.
Team Republicans has received the 1st runners up for the GIS Analysis Category and they have impressed the judges with their presentations to receive the “Best Presentation” Award. In addition, the team has worked hard to garner supports from classes to classes to earned the “Most Likes” Awards and they would like to thank Everyone who have voted and supported them! Really Appreciate All the Help!
Here are the photos for the events
The Republicans – 1st Runners Up (Photo with Mr Shanmugam), Best Presentation and Most Likes Awards
Team Shine – Eureka Award
Team OptFor
Team Shine
Team The Republicans
The students!
