The SLA Spatial Challenge is an initiative of the Singapore Land Authority aimed at encouraging the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology in Schools. Supported by the Ministry of Education and Esri Singapore, the Challenge is organised for Pre-University and Tertiary students to increase the awareness of GIS in students, and encourage innovative use of GIS in Singapore.

The Prizes

Top Prizes per each category:

Champion:	$5000
1^st Runner-up	$2500
2^nd Runner-up:	$1500

Awards	Total Amount
Best Presentation	$1,500
Outstanding Data Collection	$2,000
Excellent Report	$1,500
Eureka!	$1,500
Potential Business Product	$1,500
Most “Likes”	$1,500
GeoBlog: Our Learning Journey	$900
For Teachers’ in-charge	Portable Navigation Devices (PND)

Our Sponsors

The main sponsor of Spatial Challenge is Esri Singapore¹ , which has generously provided cash-prize for twelve special awards, free GIS software, training, and technical expertise for the competition.

NIIT Technologies² has kindly provided cash-prize for three special awards.

Quantum Inventions³ has kindly provided cash-prize for one special award.

GPS Lands (S) Pte Ltd⁴ has also provided the loan of GPS handheld devices to aid students in carrying data collection for the projects.

EastGear Pte Ltd⁵ has sponsored Portable Navigation Devices (PND) for teacher’s in-charge of winning teams.

Our Partner

The Ministry of Education has graciously lent us their support for the competition and has strongly encouraged the schools to participate.

Competition Categories

Pre-University GIS Analysis Category

This category is open to all Pre-University students. Teams are required use spatial data, together with a GIS software, to analyse issues and find solutions to problems from a spatial perspective.

Tertiary GIS Analysis Category

This category is open to all students from Tertiary Institutions. Similar to the Pre-University GIS Analysis Category, teams would be using spatial data and concepts to examine issues from a geographical perspective.

Tertiary GIS Application Category

This category is open to all students from Tertiary Institutions with some knowledge in programming. Teams are expected to develop a GeoSpatial application using computer programming.

¹ Esri is a global GIS software and solutions company. Based in California, US, it has 2500 employees and has 80 international distributors. Today, it is the dominant GIS company in the world.

² NIIT Technologies is a Global IT solutions enterprise with over 7000 professionals serving customers in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. The company offers comprehensive end-to-end software solutions and services in Application Development and Management, Managed Services, Cloud Computing and Business Process Outsourcing areas.

³ Quantum Inventions is a provider of real-time traffic information and our flagship connected services integrate real-time traffic, map, routing & other context sensitive applications, enabling our customers to deliver rich value added services for in car navigation systems, online web portals, and mobile devices along with Custom GIS and fleet management & tracking solutions for scalable enterprises.

⁴ GPS Lands (S) Pte Ltd is a leading Total Positioning Technologies solution provider headquartered in Singapore. It provides a full array of multi-disciplinary capabilities, system integration, training and consultancy, and high value-added engineering services.

⁵ EastGear Pte Ltd is a distributor of HoluxS TrackNavi navigation devices and Galactio navigation software among other lifestyle products. As a licensee of SLA, Eastgear uses data from SLA and creates navigable maps for various products and services.