{"id":2993,"date":"2021-10-18T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalearthafrica.org\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:19:43","slug":"digital-earth-africa-youth-mappers-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalearthafrica.org\/en_za\/digital-earth-africa-youth-mappers-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Earth Africa Youth Mappers Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Digital Earth Africa was invited to present to a group of young people who are passionate about using geospatial technologies to create data in places of extreme poverty. These young people are part of the YouthMappers<\/a> network whose mission is to cultivate a generation of young leaders to create resilient communities and to define their world by mapping it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop was a great opportunity to introduce such a wonderful group of young people to the Digital Earth Africa platform, services and tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session was well attended by YouthMappers from Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, India and the Philippines. The participants were given an overview of the DE Africa platform including demonstrations on the DE Africa Maps and Sandbox. Most of the participants were new to DE Africa and expressed a lot of interest in its application in agriculture, water, urbanisation and forest management. There was also interest in accessing DE Africa using the DE Africa API<\/a> in GIS software such as QGIS and Esri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation that leaves no one behind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop was an important initiative that contributed towards DE Africa\u2019s activities and approach to advancing gender equality, diversity and social inclusion in line with our vision and mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the workshop, Phoebe Odour from the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) presented on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI<\/a>) as part of Digital Earth Africa. She mentioned the monthly GEDSI meeting which takes place with gender experts from DE Africa Implementing Partners, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n