• Participation in the Awards can be as an individual, or on behalf of a school or an organisation
• No limitation on the maximum number of teams from each school/organisation
• The competition is open to both individuals and teams. Number of team members should be from 2 to 6
• Each contestant can only participate in one team

Every participating unit will be asked to submit an interactive web map to show the location and spatial distribution of a phenomenon or geographic features, further adopting map reading skills to describe and explain any distribution patterns they observed (e.g., why features concentrate in some areas but not others, or why features are dispersed in a linear fashion or a regular pattern).

In Phase 1 of the Awards, each participating unit will submit their interactive web map along with a slide deck and a 1-minute video introducing their work. During Phase 2, which is the finalist stage, participants will be required to present and showcase their work using a physical display item no larger than 50 x 50 x 50cm.

• Use spatial data available at the CSDI portal where appropriate
• Focus on the distribution pattern as manifested on the map
• Try to answer simple questions such as “where is it?”, “where does it occur?”, “what is there?”, “why is it there?”, “is there a distribution pattern?”, and so forth
• Participants may stack up other spatially related maps to answer questions such as “what factors govern the distribution pattern?” or “what else is spatially associated with the phenomenon?” and so forth
• Spatial analysis is not required for this category, but participants are free to employ it if they think it can help them to explain the distribution pattern better

• Reasons behind long waiting hours of public hospitals in HK
• Beyond the Blueprint
• 綠色風之路
• Addition to Recreation

Shortlisted contestants will be informed individually and must make a presentation on their deliverables to the judges on the Presentation Day. The final ranking of the Awards will be announced on the Award Ceremony