2017 State Winners

NHEdGIS and the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance is proud to announce the state winners of New Hampshire’s first online map competition for middle and high school students. Students created original online maps focusing on important issues related to New Hampshire ranging from habitats, religion, colleges, sports, drug addiction and more. The creativity and research conducted by these students should really be commended. It is obvious that both students and teachers put forth a lot of time and effort to produce meaningful projects that are informative to their peers and the general public.

Each of the winning state entries will receive a monetary prize of $100.00 thanks to ESRI’s monetary support and the administrative support provided by Keene State College. The state finalists have been entered in ESRI’s national map competition. Esri will provide the national winners with a travel grant to attend the Esri Education GIS Conference ("EdUC") in California, where awardees will be recognized.

All of the entries were reviewed by an esteemed panel of judges who over the course of three days volunteered their time to examine each map and narrative. After final deliberation the following maps were determined to be New Hampshire state winners and finalists. Special thanks to the judges!

Klaus Bayr, Professor Emeritus, Geography, Keene State College (Cartographer for NH School State Atlas)

Shane Bradt, Geospatial Technology Specialist, UNH Cooperative Extension, Durham, NH

Lara Bryant, New Hampshire Geographic Alliance Coordinator

Al Rydant, Professor Emeritus, Geography, Keene State College

Congratulations to the state winners! Click on the map title to view their map submission.

High School Awardees

HS State Finalist

Map Title: NH Wildlife Harvest Deer & Moose

Students: Sam Slaughter and Griffin Smith

Teacher: Ina Ahern

School: Plymouth Regional High School

Map Title: Fish Species Comparison to Lake Size