AGI Awards

The AGI celebrating excellence in the geospatial Sector

Showcasing innovation, achievements, and best practice, the AGI Awards celebrate excellence in geospatial and are open to any individual, group or organisation that can demonstrate and communicate success through the use of geographic data, knowledge or technology.

The AGI will present its Awards for Excellence at the UK’s largest geospatial event GEO Business. Working with event organisers Diversified Communications, the Association will also have a significant presence on the show floor, which it will use to make announcements about new AGI Networks, forthcoming surveys and research activities, and outreach events.

Submissions have now closed

AGI Awards Categories

Chairperson’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Geospatial Community

The Award will consider professional and voluntary achievements as well as ambassadorial and educational activities, at either a local, national or international scale.

This will be chosen and awarded by the AGI Co-Chairs Fergus Craig and Peter ter Haar.

AGI Award Geospatial Professional of the Year

2025

This Award was judged by an independent panel of thought leaders and geospatial experts from academia, commerce and professional organisations

AGI Award Early Career Professional

2025

This award was open for nominations of professionals within the first 10 years of their geospatial career

AGI Award for Excellence with Impact

2025

The Technical Excellence Award recognises spatial projects that apply existing technology and methodologies to an exceptionally high technical standard, overcoming significant technical challenges, and delivering outstanding results for the client

AGI Award for Environment and Sustainability

2025

The award for Environment and Sustainability celebrates geospatial projects, applications and products that contribute to the sustainability of people to co-exist on our planet.  This could be impacting a small change in a local area or tackling one of the larger issues facing our world today

 

AGI Award for Innovation in Geospatial Technology

2025

This award recognizes ground-breaking advancements in geospatial technology, whether through new processes, software, hardware, data collection methods, or innovative applications of AI, automation, or big data. It celebrates forward-thinking solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible in the industry

AGI Award for Geospatial Collaboration & Partnership

2025

This award acknowledges outstanding collaboration between organizations, industries, or sectors that leverage geospatial data and expertise to achieve shared goals. It highlights projects where partnerships across government, private sector, academia, or NGOs have delivered significant value, demonstrating the power of working together to solve complex challenges

AGI Award Ceremony

AGI Award winner will be announced at GEO Business 2025 Wednesday 4 June 16:00-17:00.

GEO Business is a two-day event which takes place at the ExCel London on the 4-5 June 2025

Attracting over 3,500 professionals who will discover and debate the latest technical advancements and best practice in the geospatial sector, GEO Business features an exhibition of over 120 leading brands and start-ups and an education programme made up of 120 plus sessions, across 6 theatres, covering new trends, informative case studies and pressing industry issues.