GISCorps, founded in 2003, is a program initiated by the
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a nonprofit organization, non-profit association of professionals using geographic information systems (GIS) and other information technology, information technologies to solve cha ...
(URISA) that offers volunteer
GIS
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...
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 1,000 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 an extremely powerful Atlantic hurricane which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane sinc ...
in 2016
* Data Collection in Burundi
* Mission with
World Food Programme
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
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.
See also
Earthwatch Institute – United StatesSpatialLink.org– Linking Spatial Professionals and Volunteers Through Search, Profile, News, Blog, Forum, Map, Chat, WIKI, WAP and Other GIS Tools
The Society for Conservation GIS
References
External links
GISCorpsURISA
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Non-profit organizations based in the United States
Non-profit technology
Geographic information systems organizations