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Help make crowdsourced maps for urgent relief response. Learn digital mapping skills while contributing to maps used by humanitarian organizations for disaster response. 

  • Trace satellite imagery into OpenStreetMap
  • Community volunteers will add local details
  • Humanitarian organizations use maps to plan risk reduction and disaster relief response

 

Come and go. Bring your laptop. Snacks are provided. Basic editing training provided for webGIS

 

 

Can't make it at this time? Check out our How Do I... guides for self-guided help. For questions about GIS, contact Sylvia Jones at sylviagw@smu.edu.

Date:
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time:
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Hosted by:
Fondren Library
Space:
Fondren Library, Starbucks
Audience:
  Faculty/staff     Graduates     Undergraduates  
Categories:
  GIS Events  

Volunteer or bonus credit available -- contact your professor or Carrie Johnston: cjohnston@mail.smu.edu

 

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact Sylvia Jones at least one week prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation. 

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