5 Tips for Creating a Successful YouthMappers Team
Six months ago, I helped to create one of the founding chapters of the YouthMappers network, with the mission of identifying and...
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Elizabeata Lienhard, West Virginia University
- Aug 20, 2016
User Friendly Mapping and Friendly Mapping Chapters
Hi! My name is Elizabeata Lienhard. I am an upcoming senior at West Virginia University. I am a double major in Geography with an...
YouthMappers Chapter: Grupo MESH
- Aug 14, 2016
A Map is Worth More than a Thousand Words
Watch this special video message from student mappers in Colombia! Transcript: Hello to all the world YouthMappers! It is an honor for us...
Julia Kleine, Texas Tech University
- Aug 5, 2016
What would a world without open source collaboration look like?
What would a world without open source collaboration look like? For starters, the Internet and Web would instantly evaporate. The world...
Forrest Melvin, George Washington University
- Aug 3, 2016
Opening up to Open Source Mapping
As a part of the YouthMappers GeoCenter Virtual Internship this summer I was exposed to a variety of new technologies that have opened...
Kendall Merkel, Texas Tech University
- Jul 28, 2016
Eyes Opened to Humanitarian Mapping
It’s funny how sometimes-unexpected opportunities arise. You never plan on becoming involved in something, and then all of the sudden...
Leigh Seitz, College of William & Mary
- Jul 22, 2016
Tech Tips for Better Mapping
Welcome to Tech Tips! Today we will be posting a technical tip to help us all become better and more efficient mappers. Our first Tech...
Jin Lee, George Mason University
- Jul 20, 2016
The Importance of Every Little Trace
My name is Jin Lee and I am from Mason Mappers from George Mason University. Jin Lee, a student from George Mason University, and Evan...
Garrett Pullis, West Virginia University
- Jul 16, 2016
My First Experience at the White House
On July 7th, myself and dozens of other people from all different backgrounds, came together to bring notice to parts of the world that...
Thomas Larsen, Kansas State University
- Jun 30, 2016
From Lines in the Dirt to Images on a Screen: Maps, YouthMappers, and a Changing World
We are excited to present our first guest blogger! We encourage students to submit their blog ideas here. Thomas Larsen PhD Student of...
Patricia Solís, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
- Jun 22, 2016
YouthMappers reach out to schools
While YouthMappers is a network of university students, we are also keen on reaching out to secondary schools to reinforce pathways...
YouthMappers Staff
- Jun 18, 2016
Inaugural Chapters Welcomed
The YouthMappers network of chapters organizes a global community of learners and scholars to work locally and exchange collaboratively...
YouthMappers
- Jun 9, 2016
YouthMappers and HOT collaborate to recognize chapters
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and YouthMappers share a common vision around engaging young people interested in the use of...
YouthMappers Staff
- May 16, 2016
Earthquake response and recovery aided by HOT mapping
An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hit Ecuador on April 16, and the open mapping community responded. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team,...
Patricia Solís, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
- Apr 22, 2016
The backstory on why we do what we do
Happy Earth Day! Yesterday we had the chance to tell the story behind the scenes of how and why we are working on this vision to support...
YouthMappers Staff
- Apr 15, 2016
Now earn your GeoBadge with YouthMappers
The American Geographical Society announces its newest addition to GeoBadges, a platform which recognizes learners of all ages for their...
Carla Wheeler, ArcWatch Editor
- Apr 8, 2016
Students featured in ArcWatch
"We don't just build maps. We build mappers." That's the tagline for Youth Mappers, a new global network of university students making...
YouthMappers Staff
- Apr 1, 2016
Five-way mapathon a national record
For what may be the greatest number of university sites connected remotely and simultaneously in the US for a mapathon, five...
YouthMappers Staff
- Mar 30, 2016
3-day mapathon disrupts San Fransisco
Hundreds of individuals, both in person and remotely, contributed time and effort to the mapathon at the American Association of...
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