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YouthMappers is an international network of over 400 university-student-led chapters. They organize, collaborate, and implement mapping activities that respond to actual development needs around the globe and empower youth to change their world by mapping it.

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OpenStreetMap US hosts YouthMappers as a Charter Project!

Dec 19, 2025 · OpenStreetMap US Staff

The OpenStreetMap US team is beyond excited to welcome YouthMappers to the portfolio of OSM US Charter Projects, formalizing a partnership that builds on nearly a decade of collaboration between our two...
Meta-YouthMappers Walkabout Project

Jan 24, 2025 · Chad Blevins and Alex McDonald

This collaboration between GW YouthMappers and Meta is expanding across the US! Students trace and validate pedestrian features into OSM, while developing their skills and building community.
Workshop: JOSM, First Steps

May 22, 2021

Facilitated by members of the YouthMappers Validation Hub.
YouthMappers Validation Hub

May 21, 2021 · Katherine O’Byrne and Noelle Dwyer

Since 2014 YouthMappers has been teaching university aged students about OSM and generating lots of data. In 2019 YouthMappers formed the Validation Hub to address potential data issues with YouthMappers projects, provide...
The YouthMappers Network: Broad and Narrow Perspective

May 21, 2021 · Dara Carney-Nedelman and Sophia Rapp

YouthMappers is an international network of 264 university-student-led chapters in 58 countries. We organize, collaborate, and implement mapping activities that respond to actual development needs around the globe - creating and using...