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Editing offline, a better way to cope with the inaccessibility to a quality internet
Editing offline, a better way to cope with the inaccessibility to a quality internet: SGA-Youth Mappers experiencing Java OpenstreetMap...
Tino Raphael Toupane, Founder Geosynapse Guinée
Nov 21, 2017


A week-long celebration of #osmgeoweek at the University of Port Harcourt
In celebration of the OpenStreetMap GeoWeek, The UniqueMappers Team of the University of Port Harcourt held a week-long event which ran...
Ishola God’slove, Oshoma Blessing
Nov 20, 2017


Introducing GeoQuery
Geospatial research is often limited across certain disciplines due to its complex nature; compiling and working with spatial data can be...
Grace Grimsley, College of William & Mary
Nov 17, 2017


Microgrant:Humanitarian mapping of coastal wetlands and fishing livelihoods for resilience
This guest blog post first appeared on the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team blog on October 2, 2017. Rural and urban communities in Turbo,...
Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Ph.D.
Nov 14, 2017


#osmgeoweek is around the corner!
#osmgeoweek2017 is around the corner! Have you registered your event? OSM GeoWeek presents a great opportunity for students and...
Marcela Zeballos, YouthMappers
Nov 10, 2017


A memorable journey of a YouthMapper along with lot of “firsts"
The word “First” has its own power. The first experience of anything is always special to a person. Life is a mesmerizingly amazing...
Airin Akter, University of Dhaka
Nov 7, 2017


Polaroid moments through the eyes of a YouthMapper
Sometimes in life, we want to relive some of the moments by taking it with the Polaroid camera. Here, I want to share some of the...
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin, University of Dhaka
Oct 31, 2017


Announcing the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellowships Call for Applications
DEADLINE 15 January 2018 The YouthMappers program invites applications for the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellowship, a 9-month program...
Patricia Solís, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
Oct 30, 2017


Mapping bridges the gap.
October 11 is marked as the International Day of the Girl (IDG). The day is aimed at empowering and investing in the girl child as a step...
Laura Mugeha, Jomo Kenyatta University in Kenya
Oct 23, 2017


State of the Map Asia 2017: Dreams and future promises
State of the Map Asia - The annual Asian conference of OpenStreetMap (OSM) users, hobbyists, and campaigners in Asia was a gathering of...
Saurav Gautam, YouthMappers Leadership Fellow
Oct 16, 2017
First YouthMappers Video Challenge!
We are excited to announce our first ever YouthMappers Video Challenge! Missing Maps recently surpassed 32,000 volunteers for the program...
Rachel Levine, Missing Maps Program Coordinator
Oct 12, 2017


SECURITY MAPPING IN KIBERA
As part of the internship we are having at Map Kibera Trust under the YouthMappers programme, one of the activities that we were involved...
Peter Agenga and Phylister Mutinda
Oct 5, 2017


Citizen Science GIS Program
Hi, my name is Rachel Layko, and I am a student at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. This past summer I...
Rachel Layko, College of William & Mary
Oct 3, 2017


Capitalizing on Maps to Achieve SDG Goals in Africa
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots...
Oniosun Temidayo Isaiah, YouthMappers Fellow
Sep 27, 2017


Mapping Coastal Livelihoods and Wetlands in Colombia
Hi, my name is Yessica De Los Ríos Olarte, I am studying Biology at the Universidad de Antioquia, and I had the opportunity to...
Yessica De Los Ríos Olarte, University Antioquia
Sep 22, 2017


VLOG - Mapping in Belize
This summer I studied abroad in Belize, Central America. While in Belize, I organized and facilitated two workshops focused on...
Emily Glaeser, Texas Tech University
Sep 19, 2017


YouthMappers at the Data for Development in Africa Conference
MAPATHON AT YALI REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CENTER A Mapathon was held at Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Center...
Phylister Mutinda and Peter Agenga
Sep 12, 2017


Lightning talk by a YouthMapper at SOTM Japan
Tommy G D Charles presented at the State of the Map 2017 in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan on the necessary inclusion of small and young...
Tommy G D Charles, Fourah Bay College
Sep 5, 2017


Offline OSM
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free and open online map, constructed through crowd-sourced volunteer contributions. Anyone can add to it,...
Sam Guilford, The George Washington University
Aug 30, 2017


My week as a Student Assistant at the Esri User Conference 2017
As a graduate student in the City and Regional Planning program at Clemson University, I was introduced to Geographic Information Systems...
Zemin Dhanani, Clemson University
Aug 25, 2017
