Judging Criteria
A panel of GIS professionals will use the rubric below to determine the point value awarded to each submitted story map. There is a possible total of 100 points. This same rubric should be used to judge the maps at the school level to determine the best five to submit.
In addition to the rubric below, entries should meet the following criteria:
Entries should be analytical in nature, map-centric rather than photo-centric.
Entries must be visible without requiring a login. Entries engaging "premium data" (login required, such as Living Atlas) must set the display to permit access without needing a login. See helpful note.
Entries must be "original work by students," but may use data generated by outside persons or institutions, within guidelines of "fair use." (Students are encouraged to use appropriate professionally generated data, but the integration, treatment, and presentation must be original.)
Entries must provide to the school/state/Esri two links in "short URL" format, e.g. "http://arcg.is/1A2b3xyz"
one link goes to the "display" page (the app or story map)
one link goes to the "item details" page (the metadata page for the app or story map)
Users can create a short URL in "arcg.is" format at http://bitly.com. Esri has a relationship with bitly so that any URL string formatted as "[anything].arcgis.com/[anything]" will be turned into a short URL formatted as "arcg.is/[shortstuff]".
Map Contest Judging Rubric
100 Points
We look for a clear focus/topic/question/story, good and appropriate data, effective analysis, good cartography, effective presentation, and complete documentation.
The judging rubric for the contest is in the scrolling window below. It is a Google doc which can be opened and used at the school level to judge maps. (A pdf copy of the rubric can be accessed at bottom of this page.)
ESRI has moved away from an official rubric and uses the following to guide their judging: "We look for a clear focus/topic/question/story, good and appropriate data, effective analysis, good cartography, effective presentation, and complete documentation. The element by element analysis in the 2020 national results presents good examples of what is sought in a project."
