TIU civil engineering students who are members of the TIU YouthMappers Student Chapter between 01/11/2020 to 02/05/2021 have initiated many community service projects related to mapping in collaboration with GlobalShapers :
1- Mapping of Erbil City:
Mapping of a city is a data collection project which is currently executed worldwide by many different organizations. OSM is one of the well-known, international mapping organizations in the world that provide their services to all of the countries in the world for free.
Mapping of Erbil City with OSM is one of the leading projects in the mapping industry in Iraq; it aims is to provide a free, editable map for the city, so that people including citizens and tourists can use it for daily-life needs and travel purposes. OSM mapping services are also beneficial for the government, organizations, and companies; it is important they have free mapping data of the city which can be used in many ways to improve well-being and contribute to the development of the country.
TIU civil engineering students were deeply involved in the project and played a vital role to map a great portion of the city which is now available for everyone to use.
2- Adding manholes and Catch basins in three neighborhoods in Erbil:
Adding manholes and Catch basins to a map is used to help drainage systems on rainy days to manage floods or huge volumes of water. The data for maintenance of the manholes and catch basins of the city is also beneficial for the government, as it helps avoid such natural disasters and facilitates the process of repairing and service.
For this section of the project, three Civil Engineering students, Mohammed Omer, Aweza Ghazi, and Sarchil Faisal participated by collecting data from three different neighborhoods in Erbil.
3- Beirut port explosion – extended damage radius:
After the port explosion in Beirut in 2020, a wide area of the city was damaged. Therefore, OSM called out to all mappers around the world to work on the map of the damaged area.
Three students of TIU Department of Civil Engineering, Mohammed Omer, Aweza Ghazi, Sarchil Faisal joined the project and worked on the map of the damaged area for three days.
A picture of members of TIU YouthMappers students Chapter
