Long time partner, NAPSG (the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS), has requested GISCorps volunteer support for the 2020 wildfire season. NAPSG has created a Wildfire Initial Attack ArcGIS Online Experience which will serve as the basis for this pilot…
I used the personal use license I was granted through the GIS Service Pledge program to build a web application to enable anyone to submit an anonymous report documenting their grocery shopping experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. My hope was…
PROJECT BACKGROUND: Salinas Animal Services (SAS) is a division of the City of Salinas Police Department. SAS takes in approximately 3,200 animals annually, and is responsible for providing animal control, animal sheltering and animal licensing services for the City of…
On March 19, Esri's Disaster Response Program requested GISCorps assistance in helping to fill critical information gaps they were hearing from the user community in the response to the COVID-19 disease pandemic. The first task was for creating a nationwide…
The Land Trust of North Alabama offers more than 70 miles of public trails on more than 7,500 acres for you to relax, get some exercise, and connect with nature. Land Trust has seven Public Preserves in Madison County, Alabama.…
I took the GIS Service Pledge so that I would be prepared to support the GISCorps Core Committee as well as GISCorps partners and volunteers. Having a personal use license not only gave me access to software and data, but…
The nonprofit, volunteer-run Texas Justice Initiative (TJI) provides the public with data about aspects of the Texas criminal justice system. Through TJI's interactive data portal, journalists, researchers, policymakers, advocates and the general public can query, visualize, and download public information…
Happy Valley Heights Homeowners Association (HOA) is a ~300-home neighborhood in Northwestern Oregon. In September, they requested services from GISCorps to map green spaces containing older second-growth forests and wetlands in their neighborhood. Volunteer Curtis Day assisted in the effort…
The River Ridge Institute is a 4-year-old nonprofit located in the Southern Sierra foothills of California that was founded to help educate public and private audiences about the importance of preserving oak woodlands through sustainable land management and natural resource…
The Apalachee Regional Planning Council (ARPC) is a multi-purpose agency that was created in 1977, one of ten Regional Planning Councils in the state of Florida. The ARPC provides technical assistance in the areas of economic development, emergency planning, transportation,…