Satellite Image Analysis Conducted for a Project In Vietnam “I was honored to be selected to represent GISCorps on this noble project. It was exciting to see how the change detection results validated what they were seeing in the field.”…
Mission with (iMMAP/WFP) - North Korea Click below for a video demonstrating the hard work of GISCorps volunteers on this project January 2015 Progress Map May 2014 Progress Map November 2014 Progress Map Here’s the latest report from DPRK management team: ***Drum Roll*** The…
K-12 Project: GISCorps Volunteer Helps 4-H youth to identify invasive plants, Hamilton County, TN In February 2009, the UT-TSU Extension office in Chattanooga, TN requested a GISCorps volunteer to help them install the ArcView software onto their new computers and…
Two GISCorps volunteers from Calgary assist in a project in Panama The Fuquay-Varina Rotary (FVR) club sought GISCorps volunteers’ assistance to develop an online questionnaire to conduct a survey in poor neighborhoods of Panama. The objective was to locate and…
Mission with South Luangwa Conservation Society - Zambia In March 2009, GISCorps received a request from South Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS), an NGO in Mfuwe, Zambia. The SLCS is a non-profit community based organization committed to the conservation of the local…
Four GISCorps Volunteers Assist a 4-H Club in Grant County, Washington By Beth Carpenter, Crystal Murphy, JJ Bach, Kelly Stancel, GISCorps Volunteers Our GISCorps volunteer team assisted WSU Extension 4H Youth Development and Grant County Emergency Management in conducting several events…
K-12 Project: GISCorps Volunteer Helps Critique Maps Created by Youth in Ames, Iowa By Jane Runneals, Leader, Central Area 4-H Tech Team The Central Iowa Area 4-H Tech Team recently had their club Achievement Show on June 13th, 2009 in…
By Kathleen Coverick, Urban Planning Fellow, Broadmoor Improvement Association In November 2008, GISCorps received a request for a GIS instructor from Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA). They asked that the volunteer would go on-site (in New Orleans) and train three of…
GISCorps Volunteers train Students at NYU: Poly In February 2009, we received a request for volunteers from Lonna Gordon, a Project Manager at Polytechnic Institute of NYU (NYU: Poly). She asked if our volunteers could teach at their upcoming workshop…
Teaching GIS to Humanitarian Aid Workers in Thailand This mission was in partnership with Partners Relief Development (PRAD) and Free Burma Rangers (FBR). The request was for one GIS instructor to teach an introductory ArcGIS course and also assist PRAD/FBR with database…