Youth Groups

Youth organizations throughout the world are increasingly including GIS as part of their regular activities, special achievement awards, and service learning projects as a way to offer members the opportunity to adapt cutting-edge technology to their traditional core programs.

GIS technology allows club members and leaders to explore firsthand through community mapping of topical issues such as biodiversity, the local effects of global warming, or the relationship between historical events and neighboring artifacts.

4-H and GIS

The 4-H GIS Program provides GIS and geospatial technologies to young people and qualified adults involved with U.S. 4-H clubs and related state and national organizations. It is created in cooperation with the National 4-H Headquarters, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This multifaceted program is intended to help 4-H expand its current programs that support nearly 7 million youth members including

• National 4-H Youth Technology and GIS/GPS Leadership Programs
• National 4-H Headquarters
• Cooperative Extension Systems 4-H Offices Locator

Stories about Youth Organizations and GIS

See how youth organizations are having fun with GIS.

• 4-H EquipoGIS Youth Join Humanitarian Group Going to Panama
• Rhode Island Girl Scouts Embark on a GIS Adventure
• New My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE) Initiative in Africa

Take a look at other ways students are using GIS.