⏳ Geospatial Volunteer Opportunities in 2025
If you are looking for ways to give back to the GIS community, develop skills, build relationships and learn about new needs in the location tech world volunteering can be a great way to contribute. An understanding of how geospatial tech is being used on the ground and applying your valuable skills can have lasting impact and incredible outcomes.
Here are 3 of my favorites:
1) Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
Work with teams and agencies on a wide variety of OpenStreetMap contribution projects. The sheer need and variety of these tasks provide many opportunities for contributions at any and all experience and need levels.
Find open projects and how you can contribute here:
2) Volunteer.gov
A more general opportunity to volunteer, but with recent spending cuts at the federal level you can find new and exciting ways to continue the mission of agencies such as the USGS. On top of technical skill, events and in person opportunities can also be found on the Volunteer.gov website.
3) GISCorps
From their mission statement "GISCorps matches qualified volunteers with organizations worldwide to provide short-term GIS services where they are needed most.
Read about the newest and ongoing projects here
Extra - YouthMappers
Open to university students, YouthMappers seeks to combine location tech and relationship building. Connecting students with the latest information and opportunities to use their skills before graduation.
Capitalizing on web-based open geospatial technologies, and a network of universities around the globe, our mission is to cultivate a generation of young leaders to create resilient communities and to define their world by mapping it.
