TRANSACTIONS IN GIS
UCGIS 2003 STUDENT PAPER PRIZE

Transactions in GIS is delighted to announce a new award to be made at the Summer Assembly of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. The award will be made for the best single authored student poster or paper presented at the conference. To be eligible for consideration authors must be either engaged in full or part time postgraduate research; or within 1 year of starting their first research or teaching appointment; or within one year of completion of their research degree. The winning manuscript will be published in an upcoming issue of Transactions in GIS. A cash prize of $200 plus a complimentary subscription to the journal for one year will be awarded. The Editors of Transactions in GIS will select the winning entry.

For further information about this fast growing, international, peer reviewed publication visit: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/tgis.

Transactions in GIS is edited by:
John P. Wilson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
A. Stewart Fotheringham, University of Newcastle, UK
Gary J. Hunter, University of Melbourne, Australia

"This journal is a valuable source of topical information on GIS for those in industry and research as well as for students studying in any of the GIS related fields."
The Times Higher Education Supplement, UK