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Telling our story - the YouthMappers Research Fellowship Symposium
To see the YouthMappers Research Fellowship Story Map in your web browser, click here. Dennis Aibuedefe Irorere is a student in the...
Dennis Aibuedefe Irorere, Federal University Akure
Jul 17, 2018


Mapping a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean - How Two University Students Hope to Implement a Sister
The process of globalization has affected all aspects of public life. With the spread of the internet and global trade, access to data...
Sonia Torres and Stella W. Nakacwa
Jul 13, 2018


UniqueMappersTeam Collaboration with Transparent Earth Nigeria Ltd.
This guest blog originally appeared on the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team blog on 11 June 2018. On the 23rd May 2018, the...
Valerie Odeam Osuamkpe and Victor Sunday
Jul 9, 2018


Reflections on the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellowship Symposium
Hi! My name is Adele Birkenes, and I am a rising junior and a Geography major at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. This summer, I am...
Adele Birkenes, Vassar College
Jun 28, 2018


Girls in Mapping
My name is Rubaina Chalpang Adam, a 3rd year Geomatic Engineering student of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Ghana....
Rubaina Chalpang Adam, UMaT
Jun 26, 2018


Attending the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellowship Workshop
From 3rd to 15th of June 2018, the selected student-mentor teams from different parts of the world, of which I was part, convened in the...
Ingrid Martha Kintu, Makerere University
Jun 22, 2018


The benefits of being a YouthMapper
My name is Chris Eshun, I am a third-year student at the University of Mines and Technology, I study Bsc Geomatic Engineering. I had...
Chris Eshun, University of Mines and Technology
Jun 20, 2018
Community knowledge and ground-level information for identifying diverse, discursive, and scale-vari
“Who are the poor? Where are they? They have a face. They have a very specific, in some cases, even location. And we tend to deal with...
Gabriela Zdrazilova, University of Victoria
May 22, 2018


MCC Mapping Corps hosts a #mapathon at Thomas High School!
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, Monroe Community College (MCC) Mapping Corps held the first mapathon for Webster Thomas High School's...
Khem Kardariya, Monroe Community College
May 10, 2018


Use of OpenStreetMap and InaSAFE for assessing wildfire risk to high-value assets
We often hear OpenStreetMap labeled as a “Wikipedia of maps” with more than three million contributors. The most common features mapped...
Bishrant Adhikari, University of Wyoming
May 8, 2018


Using GIS to help a the Shiremanstown Home-school Group
Approximately 1.7 percent of school age students in Pennsylvania are home-schooled. In a recent hearing about the Pennsylvania...
Joseph Burke, California University at Penn.
May 3, 2018


Tigers Vs. Gamecocks: A Map Battle for the Ages
For the first time in YouthMappers History, Clemson and University of South Carolina faced off in a Map Battle to see which school could...
Ellie Davis, University of South Carolina
Apr 30, 2018


Introducing the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellows!
We are very excited to announce the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellows! These seven teams were carefully selected to participate in a ...
YouthMappers Staff
Apr 27, 2018


USAID’s 2018 Youth Innovation Event in Washington, D.C.
Throughout my college career, the most gratifying learning experience I have had is with mapping and its practical uses for humanitarian...
Ian Burke, The George Washington University
Apr 26, 2018


Surveying and mapping in Crisfield, MD
GeoMC, the Montgomery College chapter of YouthMappers, made the three-hour drive to Crisfield, Maryland, to map the town over the course...
Tim Kuhn, Montgomery College
Apr 23, 2018


Using GIS Applications outside the Classroom: Community Health Scan
For most of my college career, I was undecided, unsure how I could possibly choose a major or minor that encompassed all of my interests....
Mia Poynor, University of Southern California
Apr 16, 2018


Clemson "Drones 4 Good" Program Educates Students On Drone Uses and Applications
As different industries progress further into the technologies currently becoming available there is one area of potential that is...
Jared Delk, Clemson University
Apr 6, 2018
A Step-by-Step Guide: How to Apply for YouthMappers Programs
YouthMappers offers many unique programs to its member chapters so we've summarized how to apply for these opportunities below: How To:...
Nina Feldman, The George Washington University
Mar 29, 2018


YouthMapper selected as one of 24 Under 24 Leaders and Innovators in STEAM and Space Awards 2018
Temidayo Oniosun, a YouthMappers Leadership Fellow from the Federal University of Technology in Akure, Nigeria, has been selected as one...
YouthMappers Staff
Mar 23, 2018
Cultivating a generation of young leaders once principle at a time.
Traveling never seems to be much of an issue to us. We pull out our phone, type in a few numbers, and then an automated voice tells us...
Nina Feldman, The George Washington University
Mar 20, 2018
