Knowing the vast, rural area of Tanzania is crucial to providing timely and effective help for girls during Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) “cutting seasons.” In recent years, we have managed to map millions of buildings which can help us determine…
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…
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…
Report by Patrick R. Hall Background The Los Angeles Fire Department's Community Emergency Response Team (LAFD CERT) volunteer program is taught by our local Fire Department in Los Angeles, California. Over time, members hone their skills through additional training, drills,…
My primary goal a year ago was to create a GIS server that can help the Tanzania Development Trust’s local representatives and community mappers in their job in Tanzania. This GIS data server would be a kind of collection point…
Report by Dave Hansen, GISP The Esri software provided to me through the GIS Service Pledge program for 2018 was largely used in the support of the American Red Cross for a variety of programs. The American Red Cross had…
Report by Svetla Borovska Tsavo Volunteers is a conservation and humanitarian organization that operates out of the Lumo Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Tsavo West Ecosystem, Kenya. In March of 2014, I traveled there to volunteer with the community, developing websites…
Report by Luis Ricardo Rodriguez The understanding of interactions and behaviors between humans and dogs are of long-standing scientific interest. Traditionally, collecting purposeful data on the interactions and behaviors of humans and dogs was difficult and time consuming with limited…