{"id":382358,"date":"2017-08-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/09137289-93ce-4835-979c-230ef1bc0687"},"modified":"2017-08-09T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:00:00","slug":"mapping-challenge-illinois-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/mapping-challenge-illinois-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The National Map Corps<\/a> (TNM Corps) is an online crowdsourcing mapping project with citizen volunteers editing structures in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As part of\u00a0The National Map<\/a>, structures include schools, hospitals, post offices, police stations, cemeteries, and other important public buildings. By updating and verifying structures data, volunteers are making significant contributions to USGS National Structures Database, The National Map, and ultimately\u00a0U.S. Topo Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mapping Challenges<\/a> are launched periodically as a way to focus volunteers on areas that need editing. A new Challenge<\/a> has been released that is focused on education related structures in Illinois in advance of US Topo quadrangle revisions for the state.<\/p>\n

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Icons for school types on The National Map Corps editor. (Public domain.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0This data collection and verification includes all of the following school feature types<\/a>:<\/p>\n