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Iron Cartographer Competition
- Wed, Nov 18, 2026
- 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
North Hall 067
Celebrate Geography Awareness Week at Calvin with a GIS-themed competition!
Iron Cartographer is an Esports style event where two or more students will compete head-to-head to create a map in 60 minutes. Inspired by the CMPASS conference, which the organizers attended, each competitor will receive the same datasets and work live in front of an audience demonstrating their cartographic skills in real time. Only rule is no AI use, but online search is allowed.
After the 60 minutes are up, there will be a voting form with a pdf of each finalized map for two days to give the audience a lot of time to vote. The winner will be announced by Jason VanHorn at the GEO Seminar on November 20. Snacks will be provided for attendees (all students are welcome!) along with extra credit for any GEO course for audience turnout. The competitor who wins will receive a $50 Amazon gift card funded by the GEO Department.
Click here to sign up to compete (form closes 11/16): https://forms.gle/VmPMgmXuZjGsXtTx8
Reach out to jason.vanhorn@calvin.edu with questions.