Volunteers Ajinkya Jadhav, Alexis Handelman, Amanda Nunley, David Axelson, Elizabeth Robinson, Ellen Nodwell, Gergely Puskas, Holly Torpey, Jessica Beres, Karen Chadwick, Maria Barabas, Michael Ruppel, Richard Kotapish, Richard Cornell, Sofia Stouki, Tarig Ahmed and Wendi French Summary On August 24-28,…
From June 15th until July 29th 2018, William Ouellette, Senior GIS Engineer at TomTom BV in Gent, Belgium, was deployed to an on site mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). The request for a volunteer came from WWF (World…
In early July, parts of Western Japan were devastated by a series of disasters caused by torrential rain, including landslides and severe flooding. One area hit particularly hard was the town of Mabi in Okayama prefecture, where flood waters as…
On August 9-12, 2018, 218 volunteers from 46 countries participated in a Mapathon to map structures in a focused area within 15 kilometers of the Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia borders. This Cross Border area has been identified as being at…
Summary On July 20-22, 2018, five volunteers participated in validating settlement names and locations within 15 kilometers of the Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia borders. This Cross Border area has been identified as being at high-risk for polio outbreaks and the…
Kidworks is a nonprofit organization in southern California that is in need of GIS trainers. Located in Santa Ana, California, KidWorks serves over 1,000 children, youth, and parents through weekly programs, and over 4,000 community members annually at four learning centers…
Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) helps the 25 school districts in the state’s largest county meet the needs of all learners, by providing support to districts, educators and students. Services include professional development for educators, educator certification, business support…
This project was initiated by Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP) and Puente Institute as an effort to collect data from the public on observations and disturbances within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The collected data will then be used for formulating…
The Train Campaign (TTC) is convinced that the future of rural America and smaller US cities depends in large measure on having modern passenger rail connections to existing and planned high-performance rail networks. The Train Campaign’s mission is to inform…
Over the weekend of 08-March-2018, 309 volunteers from around the world participated in a Mapathon to map structures in Tanganyika Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in support of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The event was hosted…