It’s that time again! We need your best plats!
SAMSOG’s entries in 2024 were outstanding and we want to see your name as a winner
in 2025.

SAMSOG’s 2025 Annual Plat and Mapping Competition
This will be a juried contest. All winning entries will be exhibited at the SAMSOG Technical
Seminar on January 16th-17th, 2025. Map/Plat entries should be a PDF file. No paper copies.
Entrants need not be members of SAMSOG. (For winners that go to the NSPS competition,
paper copies will be required.) A member of SAMSOG must sponsor the map, plat or project
under consideration and their name must be so noted on the nomination form. The entry
plat/map must have been completed after June 30, 2023, and may not have previously been
entered in this contest. The entry may be freehand, machine drafted, or computer aided drafted.
The maximum map size is 36” by 48”.
Prizes to be awarded
1st Place $250, admission for two to the Conference Luncheon and a Certificate. Prizes will be
awarded at the 2025 SAMSOG Technical Seminar Awards Luncheon.

For the plat, submit a high-resolution PDF via e-mail or submit on CD-ROM if file size is too
large for e-mail. Also, you can share a folder containing the file with Dr. Purcell if desired. (The
form will be posted on the SAMSOG website.) No multiple entries for the same category.
Plats may be a single drawing, or they may originate as part of a set of drawings. For the
SAMSOG Contest, in addition to the plat for judging, you must provide any sheets necessary
which allow the judges to evaluate the plat’s compliance with minimum technical standards as
set forth by the State of Georgia and/or ALTA/NSPS as appropriate. All entries must be
received by 5pm on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. Use one entry form per submission.

SAMSOG’s 2025 Annual Plat and Mapping Competition: Entry Form Link: See Below
All entries will be judged on adherence to the minimum standards as set forth by the State of
Georgia and/or ALTA/NSPS as appropriate. The judges will consider quality, content, innovation
in layout, interpretability, presentation, applicability to typical client or persons using this type of
map, and correctness. Neatness and accuracy of scale will also be considered. The decisions of
the judges are final. SAMSOG will sponsor the 1st place winners for Subdivision, Boundary,
Topographical, ALTA/NSPS and Miscellaneous Categories from this competition in the National
NSPS Plat Contest. (Use one entry form per document submitted.)
Please send me your plats via email or share a folder!!!

Thanks:
Dr. Roger C. Purcell, P.E., P.L.S.
Georgia Southern University
email: rcpurcell@georgiasouthern.edu

Mail/Shipping Address (if necessary):
Dr. Roger C. Purcell, P.E., P.L.S.
105 Ashley Marsh Drive
Brunswick, GA 31523