The River Ridge Institute is a 4-year-old nonprofit located in the Southern Sierra foothills of California that was founded to help educate public and private audiences about the importance of preserving oak woodlands through sustainable land management and natural resource…
Report by Patrick R. Hall Background The Los Angeles Fire Department's Community Emergency Response Team (LAFD CERT) volunteer program is taught by our local Fire Department in Los Angeles, California. Over time, members hone their skills through additional training, drills,…
Report by Jim Kyle I have opted to create a story map detailing how I put my GIS skills and the donated ESRI license to work supporting the nonprofit Kootenay Emergency Response Physicians Organization in the Canadian province of British…
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…
The Train Campaign team contacted GISCorps in the spring of 2018 and requested help with online map creation. Two volunteers, Ellen Phillips and Linda Colin, were selected. The following story was written by Ellen Phillips. Karen Christensen of the Barrington Institute…
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…
From June 15th until July 29th 2018, William Ouellette, Senior GIS Engineer at TomTom BV in Gent, Belgium, was deployed to an on site mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). The request for a volunteer came from WWF (World…
GISCorps Assists World Health Organization in Mapping Ebola Response Activities In December 2013, a two-year old child in a remote village in southeastern Guinea died from a then-unidentified disease. From that beginning arose the unprecedented West Africa Ebola outbreak which…
GISCorps supporting NetHope with mapping information and communication needs in West Africa In October, GISCorps was contacted by Crisis Informatics expert Jennifer Chan and began providing initial support for NetHope to support their NetHope Ebola Response Project. By November a team…
September 26, 2005 For the fourth time in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, URISA's GISCorps was asked to provide GIS volunteers to the affected areas. This time the request was for two (2) volunteers who will be deployed to…