GRI PhD Student David Garcia joins the American Association of Geographers initiative for COVID-19 pandemic global response

Within the AAG COVID-19 initiative, David is working with the Phillipines-based geospatial collective he founded, The Ministry of Mapping, to crowdsource the location, treatment capacity, and equipment needs of all health facilities there, while also working with a clinical psychologist to provide emotional support to the mappers themselves as they examine painfully difficult data.

 

For more information about this incredible AAG’s initiative go to:

 

http://news.aag.org/2020/03/geographers-act-on-covid19/

 

 

You can find more about David’s outstanding work as a map maker and related projects at:

 

https://www.mapmakerdavid.com/

 

https://www.ministryofmapping.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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