GISCorps Projects and GIS Service Pledge Projects include a wide variety of applications and technologies.
The Climate Cost Project is a non-profit organization that runs the Climate Impact Census, an online platform for collecting data on immediate costs of climate impacts. The Climate Cost Project works with communities to use the data to prepare for…
Trevor’s Trek Foundation (TTF) is a non-profit organization committed to help facilitate research into the causes of childhood cancer and to develop the means to eradicate those causes. Signed into law in 2016, Trevor’s Law (attached to the Frank R…
The Crowd2map Project aims to help prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) in Tanzania by mapping the locations of rural villages and settlements where this commonly occurs. Rescue teams often get notified about FGM taking place at night with only hours…
Overview Now in its fifth year of providing situational awareness to federal, state, and local emergency managers, the PhotoMappers team is responding to the 2021 hurricane season. PhotoMappers is an ongoing partnership between NAPSG Foundation, CEDR Digital Corps, and GISCorps;…
Mission Blue is uniting a global coalition to inspire an upwelling of public awareness, access and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots. The organization has designated 135 Hope Spots around the world – rich…
Stories of Loss Several years ago, Esri started a “Celebrating Lost Loved Ones” application to pay tribute to those lost to the opioid epidemic. Now, as countless lives are being lost to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the idea…
BC Marine Trails Network Association, also known as BC Marine Trails or BCMT, is a volunteer-based non-profit organization based in British Columbia, Canada. Their mission is to build, protect, and promote a public network of marine trails allowing recreational navigation…
In America: Remember, an art installation created by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg resulted in planting over 700,000 white flags - each honoring an American who has died from COVID-19. Thousands visited this immense field of flags on the National Mall, in…
October 2021 Update GISCorps closed out the COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites mapping mission on October 15, 2021. The COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites Data Creation project was originally expected to last a few weeks, but ended up extending to more than 18 months. Around 300…
GISCorps volunteer Lauren Weaver assisted Warehouses4Good in their mission to improve the logistics of food distribution in rural counties. Warehouses4Good sought support to determine the locations where warehouse space would have the most positive impact on the philanthropic supply chain…