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Geographers Encounter Challenges in Fieldwork - GWU senior fieldwork at Mason Neck
A couple weeks ago, the geography department at the George Washington University organized the annual fieldwork trip to Mason Neck State...
Jiajing Zhang , The George Washington University
Dec 7, 2017


The future of GPS and its potential affect on society
Global Positioning Systems, or GPS technology, as we know it is still in its infancy. Even though we have GPS systems in our smart phones...
Sage Laxton, Texas Tech University
Dec 5, 2017


Mapping in Rochester - a collaboration between Monroe Community College and SUNY Geneseo
This past Thursday (Nov 16), over 25 spirited students and faculty gathered at the beautiful, new Downtown Campus at Monroe Community...
Wayne Howard, Monroe Community College
Dec 1, 2017


Gathering of Young Minds Under the Rooftop of YouthMappers
Ensuring the quality of public health is the right of every citizen. This motivation can create a bridge to integrate mapping with public...
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin, University of Dhaka
Nov 30, 2017


UCC celebrates OSM GeoWeek and 1 year with YouthMappers
UCC had a successful Geoweek celebration! On November 13, we had a staff-students consultative meeting with all the students reading...
James Kweku Eshun, University of Cape Coast
Nov 28, 2017


YouthMappers organize for #osmgeoweek
Throughout the month of November, YouthMappers chapters hosted events and recruited new volunteer mappers to participate in various...
Marcela Zeballos, YouthMappers
Nov 27, 2017


Special moments experienced at SOTM Asia
State of the Map Asia is an annual gathering of the mappers, GIS experts, mapping related organizations, national and international donor...
Md. Manjurul Islam, Dhaka College
Nov 27, 2017


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
