In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Adele Birkenes, Vassar College ‘20, and Siennah Yang, Vassar College ‘18, created an interactive ArcGIS Online web map of community resources and businesses in Dutchess County, New York. The map currently includes food pantries, me...

I’m Tommy Charles, a Geographer and a Youth Mapper from a very beautiful West African country called Sierra Leone (Lion Mountains). I say “Kush3.”

In September of 2016, my mapping science lecturer at Fourah Bay College (the oldest formal college in Africa) invited me to...

On the second of November 2019, in the 3D Auditorium of Krishibid Institute Dhaka, the presenter opened up with a question “What is the strongest thing in the world?” This made everyone in the auditorium to speak out random guesses while the presenter was confident tha...

I am student of Geomatics Engineering. As a member of GESAN I got to know about open data and how it can be used through various programs with the help of YouthMappers. Today I am going to share my story with you. 

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‘Balance For better’ is a workshop that was organised by the Unique Mappers team to campaign for LetGirlsMap as part of the International Women's Day celebrations.

LetGirlsMap Organizers with their team coordinator 

I came across the flier on a friend’s WhatsApp sta...

“A joint development initiative of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), SERVIR works in partnership with leading regional organizations world-wide to help developing countries use informati...

It has been more than a month since the State of the Map US 2019 and this blog is already starting to feel old. Part of the delay is due to my being busy with other things (fulfilling the partial requirement for a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology), another part is due...

Background

I am an electrician. Specifically, I’m an AE2 in the USN. For those of you that don’t communicate primarily in acronyms, I am an Aviation Electrician’s Mate Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy. (Whew, that’s a mouthful.) My specialization is...

 Well now you have, at least electronically!

    Hello, I’m Dara Carney-Nedelman, and I’ve recently joined the YouthMappers team as your communications specialist. I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in May 2019.  My major was honors communication st...

With the world refugee crisis reaching historic numbers, more and more questions are being asked concerning the management of such large flows of people, about the growth and management of refugee camps, and how to best aid these people in recovering the lives they lef...