GISCorps Projects and GIS Service Pledge Projects include a wide variety of applications and technologies.
Two GISCorps Volunteers completed their work for a mission - Panama The Azuero Earth Project – AEP is a United States tax-exempt organization (501-C-3) operating in Panama as the Proyecto Ecológico Azuero. The organization is dedicated to local education, reforestation…
Earthquake/Tsunami relief mission with Crisis Commons - Japan Between March 12 and 15, 2011, seven GISCorps volunteers were recruited to assist in mining various datasets in earthquake stricken areas of Japan. This mission was in collaboration with CrisisCommons. Volunteers worked on a variety…
Remote Sensing Specialists assisted with a project in Japan GISCorps was contacted by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) shortly after a massive earthquake hit the northeast region of Japan. The request was on behalf of a fellow member of the…
Assisting an NGO (ICOMOS) to preserve historic structures in Haiti International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is an international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites. They are interested in identifying historic structures in Haiti…
Post Disaster Assistance in Shkodra, Albania Nine of our volunteers have concluded their tasks for a project in Shkodra region of Albania. The project was commissioned by Free Libre Open Source Software Kosovo (FLOSSK), a non-profit organization in Kosovo. FLOSSK…
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…