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YouthMappers at UArk hosts a variety of mapping and geography-focused events, with an eye on our mission of providing and utilizing open access data and tools, and addressing inquiries in areas of need.

See the yMap series page to learn more and check the events page for the calendar.

More about YouthMappers as an organization

YouthMappers uses OpenStreetMap to contribute to the growing body of open access geospatial data.

Current YouthMappers projects

  • Power mapping campaign: Mapping buildings and roads to support the design of new power systems
  • Mapping undermapped settlements: Digitizing road networks and unmapped places through MapRoulette challenges
  • Mapping the villages in the Senegal River Valley: Aiding in an effort to produce risk maps of water-related infectious disease; Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

YouthMappers is committed to mapping responsibly: See the YouthMappers Code of Ethics

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Let Girls Map

“Let Girls Map is a YouthMappers campaign with special emphasis on International Day of the Girl, October 11, and features mapping efforts that support women and girls’ issues and strives to build inclusive mapping communities for female student mappers around the world.” – YouthMappers

let girls map

“We understand that everywhere she maps, she makes a difference. These mapping and data collection efforts, led by female emerging student leaders in the YouthMappers network, hold the potential to benefit millions around the world by making available critical, mapping data relevant to half the world’s population, so that security improves, lives are saved, power is generated, prosperity rises, and innovation happens.”

Everywhere she maps | YouthMappers