On January 19, 2015, over 40 people showed up at the Iowa State University GIS Facility for ISU’s first MLK Jr. Day of Service mapathon. Participants logged on to laptops as part in the worldwide volunteer effort called OpenStreetMap, which is creating a crowd-sourced map of the world that is open source, free, and available for any use. The event was held in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service in conjunction with the IowaView program (https://www.iowaview.org/).
Volunteers mapped areas in the Philippines, Sudan, Iraq, Bangladesh, and many other areas that have limited maps available for public use.
