Getting a head start! We need your best plats!

SAMSOG’s entries in 2025 were outstanding and we want to see your name as a winner in 2026.

SAMSOG’s 2026 Annual Plat and Mapping Competition

This will be a juried contest. All winning entries will be exhibited at the SAMSOG Technical Seminar on January 15th-16th, 2026. 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, 2024 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

1^st Place $250, admission for two to the Conference Luncheon and a Certificate. Prizes will be awarded at the 2026 SAMSOG Technical Seminar Awards Luncheon.

For the plat, submit a high-resolution PDF via e-mail or provide a link for download if the file size is too large for e-mail. (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 Monday, November 10th, 2025. Use one entry form per submission. Just click on link below:

SAMSOG’s 2026 Annual Plat and Mapping Competition: Entry Form

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 1^st place winners for Subdivision, Boundary, Topographical, ALTA/NSPS and Miscellaneous Categories from this competition in the National NSPS Plat Contest and the 1^st place winners will be responsible to provide plat copies for the NSPS Submission. (Use one entry form per document submitted.)

Please send me your plats via email or send me a link to download!!!
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