Trimble and Engineers Without Borders USA Bring Clean Water to Guatemalan Communities Using Precision Mapping Technology
A 10-day aerial mapping and GNSS field institute deploys volunteers and Trimble technology across nine project sites, generating the geospatial data needed to design clean water infrastructure for hundreds of families. DENVER, CO — Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA), in collaboration with Trimble, a global industrial technology company, launched a GIS/Geospatial Drone Mapping and GNSS fieldwork course in Guatemala over the summer. This unique institute is a first for EWB-USA, sending nine young professional engineers, including two local Guatemalans, into some of the country’s most remote terrain to collect the precision mapping data needed to design water systems for hundreds of families. The 10-day institute (May 31–June 10, 2026) combined classroom instruction with field deployment across nine active EWB-USA project sites in three regions: the shores of Lake Atitlán, the high Ixil mountain range of Quiché, and the Alta Verapaz area. Using Trimble ® ...