K-12 Project in Oxford, Ohio GISCorps volunteers assisted Caching Our World, a K-12 non profit organization, in conducting several events during the Geography Awareness Week. This was a collaborative effort between Caching Our World, Miami University, and a number of…
GIS Community Development Through Community Cooperation: Collier County 4-H, Collier County School Board & GISCorps By Darryl Clare, PhD, GISCorps Volunteer & Anna Galdames, Collier County 4-H The Collier County GIS Community Development Project will provide the children, youth, and…
GISCorps Volunteer teaches GIS to Gulf Coast Community Design Studio team in Biloxi, MS By Christine Cerqueira Gaspar, GCCDS The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (GCCDS) is a nonprofit organization, affiliated with the Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art…
GISCorps Volunteer Mentors/Advises in a Project in Hunza Valley in Northern Pakistan By Miguel Garriga, Geographic Systems, LLC, GISCorps Volunteer I originally joined GIS Corps in 2004, shortly after finding out more about the group at the ESRI Conference. I…
On April 5th, 2007, the second Afghanistan volunteer mission was launched. This mission is also in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) and our volunteer, Chen Li, will spend one month of…
GISCorps Helps United Nations High Commission for Refugees Map Resources for Refugees in Cairo, Egypt By Mark Salling, GISCorps Core Committee This past fall, Lori Quinn, from North Carolina, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission, was deployed to a UNHCR project that involved…
First GISCorps Mission – Kabul, Afghanistan On May 6th, 2005, Shoreh Elhami traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan as a GISCorps volunteer. As the plane flew over the Hindu kush at an average altitude of 5000 meters, the vastness and beauty of…
GISCorps Team Worked Remotely from the US for Little Andaman Islands of India In partnership with SEEDS India and MapAction, a seven member team created various datasets for the Little Andaman Islands of India which were severely affected by the…
In partnership with Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF), five GISCorps volunteers were chosen to travel to Indonesia in March of 2005 to support the UN Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC). GISCorps volunteers Jay Meehl, Paul McKnight, Heather Milton, Ray DeLeon,…
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Small Grants Program As stated in its website, the GSDI Association is an inclusive organization of organizations, agencies, firms, and individuals from around the world. The purpose of the organization is to promote international cooperation…