Hyderabad: GEMS organises GeoMap quiz

Arnav Gupta and V Kartikeya of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills, Nitya Kiran and Veda Varehita of Hyderabad Public School Begumpet and G Kousik and P Hemanth Sai of DPNM High School won first prizes in their respective categories.

Hyderabad: The GeoMap Society (GEMS) organized the GeoMap quiz, which included MapFun (map to ground), Map Analytics & Planning and Skill Tests (judging distances), here on Saturday.

Arnav Gupta and V Kartikeya of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills, Nitya Kiran and Veda Varehita of Hyderabad Public School Begumpet and G Kousik and P Hemanth Sai of DPNM High School won first prizes in their respective categories.

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Participating in the event, NRSC former official Dr V Raghavaswamy spoke about the usefulness of maps and advanced GeoSpatial technologies across domains and said students should learn GeoSpatial skills.

GeoMap Society Secretary Maj Shiva Kiran mentioned the need of inculcating spatial perspective from the school level.
GIS / Mapping experts Rakesh Bhatnagar and Pawan, along with a team of volunteers Gayathri, Deepa, Abhilasha, Vaishnavi, Raju and Arjun Madhavi, conducted the various modules during the event.