GISCorps, founded in 2003, is a program initiated by the

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association The Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) (formerly known as Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)) is a non-profit association of professionals using geographic information systems (GIS) and other information technologies to ...

(URISA) that offers volunteer

GIS A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data. Much of this often happens within a spatial database; however, this is not ...

services to under-served developing communities worldwide. This volunteer based organization is headed by a team of professionals trained in urban and regional development. GISCorps has approximately 10,000 volunteers located in five continents and prepared to work on both domestic and international projects. Their services are used for supplementing humanitarian relief, enhancing environmental analysis and fostering economic as well as community development. They promote the use of information technology for more accurate and efficient means of illustrating and improving the civic infrastructure of a region.

Projects

GISCorps has assisted in the following projects: * Filtering Data for

Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan ...

in 2016 * Data Collection in Burundi * Mission with

World Food Programme The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and the leading provider of school meals. Founded in 1961 ...

in North Korea during 2016 * Geocoding Locations in Niger
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites Data Creation Project
**This project was launched in collaboration with Coders Against COVID, and recognized as the

FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exec ...

App of the Week in a bulletin issued by the federal agency on April 24, 2020.

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GISCorps

URISA
{{int-org-stub Non-profit organizations based in the United States Non-profit technology Geographic information systems organizations

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