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The Nonprofit GIS Lab: How-to link a Google Sheet to ArcGIS Online for live updates

A simple way to create live-updating maps with Google Sheets and ArcGIS. This guide helps nonprofits build and maintain point layer maps.

Charles Grosperrin

Mar 204 min read

Bridging the Gap Between Small Nonprofits and Complex GIS

We helped Mazí Housing leverage GIS at low costs by creating a live asylum seekers services map that they can maintain easily on their own.

Charles Grosperrin

Mar 133 min read

Spatial Storytelling: the Case for GIS in Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofits need better tools for fundraising. We are convinced of the power of GIS to craft better stories and drive donations.

Charles Grosperrin

Feb 124 min read

Interactive Annual Reports: Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project

The Shanti Bhavan School has a unique transformative model worth sharing far & wide. Discover their work in their Interactive Annual Report!

Charles Grosperrin

Jan 222 min read

2024 in Maps & Milestones 🗺️

As we celebrate a second year filled with maps and impact, we start 2025 with gratitude and a renewed sense of urgency.

Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.

Jan 172 min read

Democratizing Satellite Imagery: the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer Map

Discover Land Cover Explorer, today's most ambitious project to democratize once inaccessible satellite imagery. A blessing for activism.

Charles Grosperrin

Aug 23, 20244 min read

Collaborative Real-time Maps: New Tools for Activism

Nonprofits can and should use real time mapping technology to gain feedback from partners, collaborators and community members.

Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.

Jul 9, 20243 min read

Interactive Asset Mapping: A New Standard for Education Equity

Asset mapping is a powerful tool for school district administrators & education advocates who want to equalize resources among their schools

Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.

Jun 26, 20243 min read

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Who Drew the Line?

Interrogating the borders and boundaries that divide and unite us.

Subscribe to get notified about new articles

The Nonprofit GIS Lab: How-to link a Google Sheet to ArcGIS Online for live updates

Bridging the Gap Between Small Nonprofits and Complex GIS

Spatial Storytelling: the Case for GIS in Nonprofit Fundraising

Interactive Annual Reports: Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project

2024 in Maps & Milestones 🗺️

Democratizing Satellite Imagery: the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer Map

Collaborative Real-time Maps: New Tools for Activism

Interactive Asset Mapping: A New Standard for Education Equity

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