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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


Mapping Food Spaces for Diseases Control
Food security has been one issue everyone would like to be associated with, ensuring a secure future for the current generation is what...
Walter S. Mayeku, The University of Nairobi
Mar 15, 2018


Dhaka College; The Statistical Team not only Dynamic
“I will do it. I want to do. I wish I will do it one day…” those sentences are not for this team. There is no place for a single...
Sawan Shariar, Dhaka College
Mar 12, 2018


To #LetGirlsMap for socio-economic development and vulnerable communities response is sacrosanct!
The role of women is indispensable in any nation. As evident worldwide, any country that takes its time to develop its women can be sure...
Blessing Oshoma, University of Port Harcourt
Mar 7, 2018


Celebrating International Women's Day!
Back by popular demand, we have reinstated the #LetGirlsMap campaign! Let Girls Map is a YouthMappers campaign active from International...
YouthMappers Staff
Mar 7, 2018
YouthMappers Leadership fellow selected to attend NNPHL3 Programme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NEW YORK , February 21, 2018 YouthMappers 2017 Leadership Fellow Maliha Binte Mohiuddin from Bangladesh has been...
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin, University of Dhaka
Mar 2, 2018


Mapping Arsenic Contamination - Youth Mappers at AUW Bangladesh
This post was originally published on the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's blog on December 6, 2017. Why create a mapping Project on...
Paromita Basak, AUW Youth Mappers Bangladesh
Feb 26, 2018
Announcing the 2018 YouthMappers Chapter Awards!
On behalf of the YouthMappers steering committee, we are pleased to announce the 2018 YouthMappers Chapter Awards! We selected a number...
YouthMappers Staff
Feb 20, 2018


Mapping and Training: Eastern University YouthMappers Chapter
Mapping is always an interesting field of enjoyment for any individual, and if the mapping tasks are ‘Mapping To End FGM: Mwanza East' or...
Nouros Yousuf, Eastern University
Feb 15, 2018
