GISCorps Volunteers taught GIS at Kabul Polytechnic University The project was commissioned by Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) in Marietta, GA. SPSU was awarded a grant to establish a GIS program that includes furnishing two GIS labs and training the faculty…
GISCorps volunteer creating web maps for World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) The UN Secretary-General will convene the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul in 2016. The goal of this summit is to find new ways to tackle humanitarian needs in…
A Story Map for Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC) Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC), a US based non-profit organization requested the assistance of a GISCorps volunteer for developing a Story Map. The Story Map was developed in ArcGIS…
Volunteer customizes a web map for the 1947 Partition Archive Project The 1947 Partition Archive Project, a US based nonprofit organization requested the assistance of a volunteer with expertise in creating a map of their Partition stories. Jason Lampel was…
GISCorps volunteer assists a US based nonprofit organization In 2013, the Institute for Conscious Global Change or ICGC, a US based nonprofit organization requested the assistance of an experienced GIS professional. The volunteer was asked to provide a variety of…
Mapping of Malakal, South Sudan (a partnership with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) GISCorps partnered with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to map the city of Malakal, South Sudan to provide baseline data for the humanitarian response to the ongoing conflicts between government…
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…