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The GSSI Calendar Photo Contest provides an opportunity for our customers from around the world to showcase the interesting and unique work they perform using GSSI GPR equipment.

ENTER

1) Post your pictures of GSSI's GPR equipment in use on your jobsite.
2) Provide a caption describing:

  • Purpose of the survey: including equipment being used, and
  • Location: city, state/province and country.

Please Note: There is a maximum of 3 submissions per company/individual for this year's Photo Contest.

VOTE

Vote for your favorite picture(s). Note: You can vote ONLY ONCE for a photo within a 24-hour period.

WIN

Pending compliance with these Official Rules, the ten (10) entries with the most votes based on the weighted score will be entered into the Semi-Finalist Pool. After all voting has ended a panel of qualified judges of GSSI staff will determine the Grand Prize, Second Place, and Third Place winners from the Semi-Finalist Pool.

GRAND PRIZE: DJI Mini 3 Drone Fly More Combo (estimated retail value $718 USD) and picture will be featured in the GSSI calendar for January 2024

2nd PLACE PRIZE: Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS) 45 mm Aluminum Case (estimated retail value $429 USD)

3rd PLACE PRIZE:  Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth Speaker (estimated retail value $329 USD)

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. DJI, Apple, and Bose are not  participants in or sponsors of this promotion.


GSSI 2023 Photo Contest Official Contest Rules and Regulations
Photo Guidelines:
  • The Submission must be in JPEG, JPG or PNG format; picture submission must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image). Please submit the highest quality image with regard to file size, bit depth and resolution.
  • Entrant must provide a high-resolution copy of Submission upon winning. GSSI reserves the right to disqualify incomplete entries and/or entrants who are unable to submit, upon request, a high-resolution image.
  • Submissions that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified.
  • Subjects in submission must be at least 18 years of age. Submissions promoting children will be rejected.
Prizes:

GRAND PRIZE: DJI Mini 3 Drone Fly More Combo (estimated retail value $718 USD) and picture will be featured in the GSSI calendar for January 2024

SECOND PLACE PRIZE: Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS) 45 mm Aluminum Case (estimated retail value $429 USD)

THIRD PLACE PRIZE: Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth Speaker (estimated retail value $329 USD)

Contest Rules and Regulations:
  1. All participants must be using Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI, the “Company”) ground penetrating radar or electromagnetic induction instruments in picture submission.
  2. By entering the GSSI Photo Contest (the "Contest"), entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted Photograph is original work created solely by the entrant and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Photograph. The only exception is for photos taken of the entrant; however, the entrant must also provide written consent from the photographer along with the entrant’s submission. The entrant is further required to comply with all United States and international copyright laws, trademark laws, and any and all laws regarding intellectual property both in the United States and in the entrant's local jurisdiction. The entrant asserts that no such laws have been violated when making their submission. Entrants will hold harmless GSSI for any violations in connection with the image(s) submitted.
  3. No purchase necessary to enter the GSSI 2023 Photo Contest.
  4. Photo Submission: The submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind. We reserve the right to reject any photos which we, in our sole and absolute discretion, deem offensive, violation of law or unsuitable in any other manner. GSSI is not required to provide any explanation for the rejection.

Examples of the following types of photos we will reject include the following:

    • Pornographic or nude images
    • Images promoting illegal drug use
    • Images depicting crimes of any nature
  1. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant that we suspect of vote rigging or vote buying.
  2. Entrants retain their rights to their photograph; however, by entering the Contest, entrants grant Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (and those authorized by GSSI) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any GSSI purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of GSSI and its website, social media, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to GSSI publications. GSSI will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
  3. Voting: During the Contest period, the public will be invited to vote for the submission they believe has the most public appeal. The popular vote of the public accounts for 40% of the submission’s weighted score. The popular vote of GSSI employees accounts for 60% of the submission’s weighted score. Pending compliance with these Official Rules, the ten (10) submissions with the most votes based on the combined weighted score will be considered Semi-Finalists.
  4. Judging: Following the Contest Period, a panel of qualified judges of GSSI staff will determine the Grand Prize winner, 2nd Place Winner and 3rd Place Winner from the pool of Semi-Finalists.
  5. A maximum of three (3) photographs can be submitted on behalf of any one company/individual, with exception to those companies that have multiple locations as verified by GSSI. In which case, each location may submit a maximum of three (3) photographs. A company with multiple locations can be represented by ONLY one (1) image in the semi-finalist round.
  6. All photos submitted that abide by the above rules will be entered into the contest pool. Any information obtained via contest submission will not be distributed nor used for any other purpose. One Grand Prize winner, one 2nd Place Winner, and one 3rd Place Winner will be chosen by September 22, 2023 and will be notified via email and announced on the GSSI Photo Contest page. Winners must reply within 5 business days to maintain eligibility. If winners do not reply within 5 business days of notification, prize will be surrendered. The Grand Prize will not be given to the same participant in this yearly contest for two consecutive years in a row. The prior year's Grand Prize winner may only be eligible to win second or third place prize in this year's contest. All decisions of the Contest will be final and binding.
  7. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. GSSI reserves the right to cancel the Contest or modify these rules at its discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the winners, GSSI reserves the right to award or not award the prizes at its sole discretion.
  8. The GSSI photo contest begins at noon EST Wednesday, August 2, 2023 and ends on midnight EST, Wednesday, September 13, 2023. All photo entries must be submitted on or before Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
  9. In entering the Contest, you subject yourself to both the Contest Rules and Legal Terms and Conditions. By submitting images to the Contest, you are deemed to have reviewed, read and accepted both. By entering this Contest, you agree to receive communications and updates from GSSI.
  10. Employees of GSSI, GSSI’s parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, individuals or entities contractually obligated to provide content to GSSI, individuals providing services to GSSI through an outsourcer or temporary employment agency, and their respective immediate family members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to enter a submission or vote on pictures in the Contest.
  11. GSSI Representatives and their affiliates or subsidiaries, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to win or vote in this Contest. If a Representative would like to enter on behalf of a customer, and the customer image is selected as a finalist, the prize will be sent to the customer. If the customer is unavailable to win, the prize will be forfeited.
  12. DJI, Apple, and Bose are not sponsors of this Contest and do not endorse or otherwise have anything to do with this Contest. DJI Mini Drone is a trademark of SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., iWatch is a trademark Apple, Inc., and SoundLink is a trademark of Bose Corporation.
Legal Terms and Conditions:

General: Your entry into the GSSI Photo Contest is subject to the Contest Rules, the following Legal Terms and Conditions, and all other guidelines, terms and conditions stated elsewhere on this site and all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations, including but not limited to all laws respecting intellectual property, trademarks, copyrights, rights of privacy, pornography and defamation. This Contest is subject to all applicable laws and is void where prohibited. By entering the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by the Contest Rules and these Legal Terms and Conditions. GSSI shall be the administrator of the Contest and shall sometimes be referred to as the "Administrator."

Submission of Photographs:

All work submitted must be original work. All work submitted must be entirely the work product of the entrant. As such, entrants are required to comply with all United States and international copyright laws, any and all laws regarding intellectual property and entrants will hold harmless GSSI and its affiliates for any violations in connection with the image(s) submitted to the Contest. Furthermore, entrants agree to hold harmless GSSI, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, directors, offices, and employees, against any and all claims, judgments, damages, liabilities, penalties and fines of any kind, stemming from any discovery that the submitted photo violates any and all applicable laws. By submitting images, entrants grant GSSI the right to use, publish or disseminate any of your images in print and/or on our website, online publications, social media, email newsletters or in any other manner we desire. Images that are sent via mail or email will not be accepted.

Contest Period: The GSSI Photo Contest begins at noon EST Wednesday, August 2, 2023 and ends at midnight EST, Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

Prizes: The winners will be chosen by September 22, 2022. GSSI is not responsible for prize utility, quality or otherwise. Duties and taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of winners. Winners shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless GSSI, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, directors, offices, and employees from and against any liabilities arising from or regarding taxes owed on prizes and/or injury caused by said prizes.

Delivery: The prize will be shipped to the winners within 3-5 weeks of the receipt of winner confirmation. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods or services is permitted, except that GSSI reserves the right to provide a like-kind substitute from DJI, Apple or Bose or another manufacturer of approximately equal value due to import/export restrictions, laws of the United States or the winner's country of residence, or other legal or physical non-availability of the prize. Actual retail value of prizes may vary due to market conditions.

Voting: All qualifying images will be uploaded to an online gallery to be judged by a weighted score based on two criteria:

  1. Popular vote of the public. Limit one (1) vote per person per submission per day. Votes received from any person in excess of the stated daily limitation will be void. Entrants are prohibited from obtaining or submitting votes by fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public and/or using any websites or online forums designed to induce individuals or provide other incentives to vote for their submission, as determined by GSSI in its sole discretion. All votes are subject to final verification by GSSI. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant that we suspect of vote rigging or vote buying. Use of script, macro or other automated system to vote or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process is prohibited and all such votes will be void. Public popular vote will account for 40% of the weighted score.
  2. Popular vote of the Company. Eligible photo submissions (see above) will be presented to employees anonymously. Each employee will be eligible to cast their vote for their favorite three (3) images. Final tally of employee votes will account for 60% of the weighted score.
Definitions:

Original Work: An “original work” is defined as one which lacks digitally enhancements, manipulated or composites of multiple images must be derivations of the entrant’s original photos for which the entrant is the copyright holder.