I have a personal connection with SkillsUSA and the Geospatial Technology contest as I competed in 2009. I believe that it is a great program with a lot of potential. This year’s competition expanded to include a high school competition in addition to the college/post secondary competition.
Here are the winners for this year’s competition:
College/Post Secondary
Gold [...]
It is getting about that time to be thinking about the 2010 SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition. As I have not seen much about it for this year, I contacted Eddie Hanebuth (@GISguy). Eddie is the president of Digital Quest, and is on the competition committee. He was happy to fill me in about this [...]
I want to take a moment and thank all who helped in some way as I competed in the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology National Competition. It would have not been possible without everyone’s help. I appreciate all who followed this blog as I began the process, worked through the process, and finished the process. I hope [...]
The 2009 Geospatial Technology Competition has been a wild and crazy journey. It all started just over five weeks ago with a project manual being sent by Digital Quest. The project entailed doing a site suitability analysis of a school campus to locate a suitable garden spot. It took the entire five weeks, but I [...]
I have made it to Kansas City with no problems. I did not have any problems other than trying to check in at the Charlotte airport. I was glad we got there a little early. The flight into Detroit was a bit choppy as there was a heavy cloud cover. I found Detroit Airport to [...]
Several weeks back I wrote the post Insight from Inaugural SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Winner. In addition to Sue, I was also able to contact another winner, June Garneau. June provided some more valuable information as well. Although older than most of the contestants, she is an example for all of us. Here are some of her [...]
The end is very near for my competition. I am putting the final touches on my project. All I have left is to make some slight changes to my paper. I am trying to determine how to make the presentation top notch. I have to print the paper and maps. [...]
I have found it difficult to get registered for the SkillsUSA conference. Registering for the Geospatial Competition was very straight forward through Digital Quest’s page. I guess if I would be going through my state delegation it might be easier, but I am at this all alone. I am doing something like a direct membership. [...]
I have been quiet out on the web lately. Nothing new over at GIS Pathway and very few tweets on my Twitter page. I have been over my head in this geospatial technology competition project. I have been given five weeks to complete everything and two weeks have almost completly gone by. With three weeks [...]
I have finally secured my airline tickets for travel to Kansas City, Mo. It has been one heck of a ride searching for the “right tickets”. I have spent several hours researching flights, finalizing travel dates, and comparing prices. I will be traveling from Charlotte, NC (CLT) to Kansas City, MO (MCI). Ticket prices ranged [...]
