The Azavea Summer of Maps program is a 12-week fellowship, now in its 8th year. The fellowship matches geospatial data analysis students with experienced mentors at Azavea to complete projects for nonprofit organizations.
Last year Azavea fellows completed excellent projects, ranging from analyzing political finance in Philadelphia to ecological restoration in California. Check out full descriptions of all of our past work on the Summer of Maps site and browse through some of the fellows’ blogs detailing their work:
- Prepping data for species distribution
- Cleaning messy campaign finance data with a reusable workflow
- Digitizing maps using remote sensing in R
This summer, our Data Analytics Team will be working with two fellows to complete four high-impact projects for nonprofits.
To read a full description of each project, click on a project title below:
2019 Azavea Summer of Maps projects
Mapping Determinants of Economic Self-Sufficiency & Well-Being in Philadelphia
Fellow: Anastasia Novak
Nonprofit: Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
Characterizing Potential and Need for Green Roofs across New York City
Fellow: Anastasia Novak
Nonprofit: The Nature Conservancy in New York
Improving Housing Quality in Philadelphia
Fellow: Fay Walker
Nonprofit: Public Interest Law Center
Travel Barriers for Voters in Rural States
Fellow: Fay Walker
Nonprofit: Forward Montana Foundation
Get Involved
We are very excited to work with our 2019 Summer of Maps fellows and support them through their work with these organizations. If you are interested in applying for a fellowship position or nonprofit services grant for the 2020 Azavea Summer of Maps program, sign up for our mailing list.
Become a Sponsor
Summer of Maps is organized by Azavea, but we are always looking for partners or sponsors! Please reach out if you are interested in sponsoring a fellow, mentor, or nonprofit organization for 2019!
If you would like more information about the Summer of Maps program or about ways you can get involved, contact summerofmaps@azavea.com.