Acknowledgement: This post was delayed in publication and may contain outdated information. We appreciate your understanding. It was a crisp day when I first encountered Mapillary, the application that has transformed the way I view the world. I was introduced to this revolutionary mapping tool by Mr. Mawutor Stephen Donkor (OSM Ghana) on August 2, 2022, and since then, it has been history. Little did I know that this chance encounter would ignite a passion within me and set

Over the past weeks, I completed one of my most detailed mapping tasks yet—uploading and verifying more than 5,000 points of spring and...

Acknowledgement: This post was delayed in publication and may contain outdated information. We appreciate your understanding. In July...

Acknowledgment: This post was delayed in publication and may contain outdated information. We appreciate your understanding. On August...

MISSING MY FLIGHT Missing a flight to go and train students can be a hurdle. But when that can cause these students to lose the...

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My name is Alex Bogedain. My major is Geography with minors in GIS, Landscape Studies, and Math. I graduate this December and anticipate...

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