showcase of youth community gis mapping projects

In Hendricks County, teens applied GIS skills to help understand wind energy potential, to show the spatial distribution of 4-H cattle and swine locations throughout the county; and to study the severe weather reports/patterns from 1950 through 2006 (hail, tornado and wind damage).

California

		In El Dorado County, the Youth Commission created GIS maps of the county that helped youth take social action
	http://ceeldorado.ucdavis.edu/Youth_Commission/Community_Mapping.htm

		In the timber-producing county of Shasta, 4-Hers used GPS & GIS to map data from 1900 to 2008 for fire perimeter charts and fuel break locations.
	http://ceshasta.ucdavis.edu/4-H_Program/


Colorado

		Sixth grade 4-Hers mapped all the public property trees in the town of Hayden. This project mapped many aging cottonwoods - helping the town budget for and schedule pruning and removal. The project helped the town become designated Tree City USA, allowing for successful grant applications.
	www.routtcounty4h.org


Indiana

		In Hendricks County, teens applied GIS skills to help understand wind energy potential, to show the spatial distribution of 4-H cattle and swine locations throughout the county; and to study the severe weather reports/patterns from 1950 through 2006 (hail, tornado and wind damage).
	http://www.ces.purdue.edu/Hendricks/4h/4h - revised.htm


Maryland

		HOPE is an Alert, Evacuation Shelter Project which used the process of: engage, assess, plan, inform and implement. The Community Readiness Inventory Checklist was used to assess the status of the area and led to an emergency plan for Sharpsburg.
	www.crn4h.org/MArvil.pdf


New York

		In Ontario County, 4-H youth worked with the local fire department to improve emergency maps and databases.
	http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/research/documents/GeospatialArticleforwebsite1.pdf


North Carolina

		4-Hers mapped the Old Buncombe Turnpike and discovered the history of the old livestock-to-market route. They mined data from the state Department of Transportation and worked closely with the Madison County GIS Department.
	http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer07/n-madison.html


Oklahoma

		4-H mapping projects include storm shelters, emergency sirens, fire departments, emergency phones, and flood risks
	http://cowboyjournal.okstate.edu/cjspring08/files/cjp_12_13_gps.pdf


Oregon

		Teens partnered with a neighborhood association to develop a map of walking and biking routes west and northwest of Pilot Butte. Findings were presented to city planners.


Wisconsin

		In Drummond, the the Drummond Explorers 4-H club mapped over 200 4-H clubs in their State and then presented their mapping work at the state fair in Milwaukee.
	http://www.uwex.edu/CES/cty/bayfield/4h/index.html

YC Mapping: Supporting Youth Community Mapping Projects University Park, MD
		Throughout the United States, 4-H youth, scouts, and K-12 classrooms have taken the lead - using GIS and GPS to study their localities and visually depict what they find. This page gives a capsule summary of exciting youth projects. Could youth near you create a similar project?