Maptitude Mapping Software Team Provides Awards & Prizes for AGC Student Competitions

NEWTON, MA (USA) - The Applied Geography Conferences (AGC) Organizing Committee announced the winners of the 2019 student competitions. The purpose of this competition is to promote scholarship and written and oral presentation by students in the field. Papers are invited from current graduate and undergraduate students on the application of geographic insights and analysis in all areas of society from climatology and crime to policy and urban issues.

The Maptitude mapping software team is proud to have provided corporate sponsorship for the student paper and poster competitions. The prizes benefit students in higher education studying geography, with the goal to help develop business geography professionals.

The 2019 winners are:

• R. Connor Wood, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Student Poster Competition
• Titiksha Fernandes, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Student Paper Competition
• Sandra Bempah, Kent State University, Student Poster Competition

About Caliper

Caliper Corporation develops state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. With a focus on usability, Maptitude is designed to be a cost-effective, professional healthcare mapping software product. Maptitude enables organizations to leverage their location-based data to improve decision making and planning, while minimizing expenditure through competitively priced solutions.

Caliper is a privately held corporation and is a leading developer of mapping, redistricting, transportation, and GIS software.

“The students are the future; Many of the students will go to work in businesses, and to support these students they must be encouraged with actions like those of the Maptitude team.”

Grant Ian Thrall Ph.D.