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Students from Fifteen Universities serve as Leadership Fellows to Fill Data Gaps in the World's
KATHMANDU, NEPAL; WASHINGTON, DC — More than ten million changes have been made recently to the world’s free, editable public map,...
Patricia SolÃs, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
May 15, 2017


Where It Could Go from Here: Using OpenStreetMap in an Increasingly Connected World
It is becoming clear that open source data, specifically OpenStreetMap, is an important tool in our progressively linked world. In the...
Haley Marshall, West Virginia University
Dec 30, 2016

Connectivity through Open Source Mapping
Hello everyone! My name is John Todd, I’m a senior at West Virginia University studying Geography anf International Relations and I have...
John Todd, West Virginia University
Dec 21, 2016


Opening Doors: the value of open mapping for your career
Hello Everybody! My name is Aaron Arrington and I am a sophomore at West Virginia University. I am planning to major in Geography with an...
Aaron Arrington, West Virginia University
Dec 8, 2016

Cal U goes global!
Members from Maptime Morgantown and California University of Pennsylvania’s YouthMappers got together for a mapathon at WVU’s Campus on...
Kyle Snyder, California University of Pennsylvania
Oct 28, 2016

5 Tips for Creating a Successful YouthMappers Team
Six months ago, I helped to create one of the founding chapters of the YouthMappers network, with the mission of identifying and...
Randy Peck, West Virginia University
Aug 25, 2016

User Friendly Mapping and Friendly Mapping Chapters
Hi! My name is Elizabeata Lienhard. I am an upcoming senior at West Virginia University. I am a double major in Geography with an...
Elizabeata Lienhard, West Virginia University
Aug 20, 2016


My First Experience at the White House
On July 7th, myself and dozens of other people from all different backgrounds, came together to bring notice to parts of the world that...
Garrett Pullis, West Virginia University
Jul 16, 2016


Students featured in ArcWatch
"We don't just build maps. We build mappers." That's the tagline for Youth Mappers, a new global network of university students making...
Carla Wheeler, ArcWatch Editor
Apr 8, 2016


Five-way mapathon a national record
For what may be the greatest number of university sites connected remotely and simultaneously in the US for a mapathon, five...
YouthMappers Staff
Apr 1, 2016


3-day mapathon disrupts San Fransisco
Hundreds of individuals, both in person and remotely, contributed time and effort to the mapathon at the American Association of...
YouthMappers Staff
Mar 30, 2016