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Monitoring Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding in Pakistan

Report by Ali Rehmat Musofer My GIS Service Pledge was related to the study of glacial lake formation and glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) in Khurdupin-Shimshal. Glacial lakes form when glaciers surge and then retreat, forming lakes dammed by the…

Supporting the Conservation Lands Foundation

Report by Alexis Handelman The Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF) is a nonprofit umbrella organization comprised of over 60 grassroots “Friends” groups who work to protect public lands. The mission of CLF is to protect, restore and expand the National Conservation…

Validating Structure Data for the DRC Polio Mapathon

Report by Daniel Specht The DRC Mapathon was launched in response to a polio outbreak to give the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an idea of where the population was located within the Democratic…

Mapping Land Use in Minnesota

SoJiBoJa is a small environmental management organization that owns, preserves and manages land that is adjacent to the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota in the United States. They had been making do with primitive maps screen-shotted from Google Earth for their prior mapping needs. Since I had the skills and the Esri license, I volunteered to make them a set of maps that would help better manage the land.

Mapping Resources in North Alabama

Report by D. Scott Stevens The Land Trust of North Alabama offers more than 70 miles of public trails where you can relax, get some exercise, and connect with nature. There are seven public nature preserves in Madison County, Alabama…

Using GIS to Support Polio Vaccination in Africa

Summary report by Guy Maurice The World Health Organization was looking for two GIS professionals to serve as volunteers during the months of December 2017 and January 2018 to contribute to a pilot project in Mogadishu, Somalia. The project's…

Supporting the Oregon Environmental Council through the GIS Service Pledge

Eadie Kaltenbacher, GISP, began volunteering with Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) in February 2018,as a way to combine what she was learning in her MBA program with her background in GIS.She initiated OEC’s partnership with Esri via an ArcGIS Online license…

Teaching GIS to Youth in Orange County, California

Tarlan Razzaghi used the Esri license he received through the GIS Service Pledge program to support KidWorks, a GISCorps partner organization in Orange County, California. Read Tarlan's project report here. A GIS story map training session

Applying GIS to Watershed Stewardship in Colorado

Report by Diane Ambrose Using the ESRI software from the GIS Service Pledge Award, I was able contribute to the work of two non-profits in the South Park area of Colorado. Beaver Ponds Environmental Education Center (BPEEC) http://beaverponds.org/ BPEEC is located…

Managing Mapathons to help WHO and CDC Eradicate Polio

Report by Leslie Zolman I have been a GISCorps volunteer since 2009 and have used my own software to support GISCorps missions over the years. When Esri offered the GIS Service Pledge to GISCorps volunteers I was very excited since…