The 2025 AGIC ArcGIS Online Student Competition is now open. Visit the competition webpage for more details, including deadlines, rules & guidelines, and the adult sponsor compeitition registration form. This year, adults may sponsor one or more students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade. Prizes include a chance to win a $100 gift card. Adult sponsors must register their student(s) by April 18, 2025 and submit their student's entries no later than May 5, 2025.
The planetary mapping team at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff has started a new mapping initiative: to create interactive, GIS versions of USGS maps of other planets, starting with a map of the upcoming landing site for the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.