Monitoring Forced Evictions in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Using High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery By: Zachary J. Bortolot, Department of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University, GISCorps Volunteer Kathryn R. Striffolino, Amnesty International USA Nora Lindstrom, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Introduction…
GISCorps volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan The Afghanistan Environmental Data Centre (AEDC), a co-operative venture between UNEP and the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), funded by UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the government of Estonia, requested the assistance of a seasoned GIS…
Philippines Typhoon Online Maps Request from GSMA A request to map cell phone outages/coverage at the administrative boundary level 2 and Province level came to DHNetwork and GISCorps volunteer, Isabel Canete-Medina from Chicago responded to the call and created the…
SAR analysis, data mining & GIS mapping of the Central Mediterranean to document the violations of migrants’ rights & deaths at sea Summer 2013 report of GISCorps’s contribution to Forensic Oceanography By: Charles Heller and Lorenzo Pezzani, Centre for Research…
Indonesia Capital Cities Project By Dr. Karen Payne, ITOS Humanitarian Program Background: This dataset was constructed by GISCorps volunteers in partnership with the University of Georgia, Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS). The motivation for this project came from users of…
GISCorps Volunteer teaching Spatial Thinking/GIS to students - California By Javier Aguilar As a volunteer of the GISCorps, I have been able to expose elementary school children to spatial thinking and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I teach a one hour…
GISCorps volunteer assisting a non-profit organization in Bellevue, Washington Hopelink is a Western Washington based non-profit organization that offers an array of programs that enable families in crisis to make progress toward and achieve self-sufficiency. One such program is their…
Volunteer from California teaching GIS in Zambia We have been assisting the South Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS), a nonprofit organization based in Zambia, for the past few years with their GIS needs. They recently asked that we send one of our…
We received a request from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) shortly after super storm Sandy hit the northeastern US in October/November 2012. They were interested in deploying the “expert” crowd (GISCorps volunteers) on a crowdsourcing project that they launched shortly after the…
The National Map Corps Colorado Pilot Project GISCorps volunteers assist in mapping emergency services, schools, and other structures for The National Map By David Litke, GISCorps volunteer Summary In November 2012, GISCorps received a request from the U.S. Geological Survey…