KNUST YouthMappers
KNUST YouthMappers is a member of the international consortium of university-level student mapping clubs YouthMappers. KNUST YouthMappers is a local chapter of YouthMappers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST), Kumasi - Ghana.KNUST YouthMappers was founded in August 2017 by Samuel Darkwah Manu and Bernard Kofi Adarkwah who served as Founding President and Vice-President respectively in the 2017/2018 academic year.
Purpose
The purpose of KNUST YouthMappers is to grant students the opportunity to improve skills in the field of mapping and create open geographic data and analyses that address locally defined development challenges as well as global ones. Our vision is to cultivate a generation of young people to become leaders in creating resilient communities, and empowering them to define their world by mapping it. The organisation will strive to exchange and collaborate with other YouthMappers chapters and youth groups worldwide while offering itself as a resource and service to KNUST student organisations to add value through mapping. KNUST YouthMappers will help its members advance their academic and personal goals of developing their open source mapping and GIS skills. The organisation was founded to respond to the need for more open source mappers.
Membership
Any student currently enrolled in KNUST is eligible for membership. Membership shall not be denied to a student on the basis of ethnicity, colour, religion, political affiliation, gender, age, disability, or citizenship.
Our Activities
| Task | Purpose | Details | Event Type(Virtual/In-Person) | Tools | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using OSM data for research purpose | To enlighten members on how to download data from OSM platform and utilize such data in academic research projects. | Virtual | Google Meet | 07/01/2022 | |
| First General Meeting for 2022 | To educate new members on the mission of Youthmappers and how to map using the ID Editor. | In-Person | ID Editor | 12/02/2022 | |
| Mobile Mapping and Field Data Collection | To teach participants how to collect field data effectively using smartphones | In-Person | Vespucci, Go Map | 28/06/2022 |
Contact Information
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Email us: knustyouthmappers@gmail.com