GISCorps-Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Projects OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world; Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) projects typically arise from an immediate humanitarian need, and provide valuable information assets during a crisis…
GISCorps volunteer assists in launching an ArcGIS Online Portal The World Federation for Coral Reef Conservation (WFCRC), a US non-profit organization requested the assistance of a database and geo-portal design specialist to develop a geo-portal using ArcGIS Online for Organization…
GlobalWA Interactive Web Mapping with ArcGIS Online By: Len Olyott, GISCorps Volunteer - Brisbane, Australia Background Global Washington (www.globalwa.org) is a not for profit organisation based in Seattle, Washington USA. Their mission is to support the global development sector in…
Modeling Change Patterns in Nguru Forest in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania This project was initiated as a small grant request from the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) by the University of Kwazulu-Natal and the Wami Ruvu Basin Water Office…
Remote Sensing Specialist assisting a project in Chile Atacama Desert Project (ADP) of Forensic Architecture and Goldsmiths University requested the assistance of a remote sensing specialist. ADP asked the advice of the volunteer in the selection of appropriate satellite data-sets/imagery…
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…