Get Involved


  • Help Us Map

    Learn how to use OpenStreetMap tools so you can begin contributing.

    Start mapping


  • Working Groups

    Go deeper and participate in our working groups. Anyone can join!

    Explore working groups


  • Donate

    Your donation is used where it's needed most to carry out our humanitarian mission.

    Give now

Latest NewsSubscribe to Recent Updates

Engaging with Youth, HOT’s Uni Battle Map Winner Becomes the First YouthMappers Chapter in Indonesia.

Posted by Biondi Sima on Apr, 26 2018

 

Youth is a critical partner in carrying out HOT’s mission. We worked together with university students and young people since the very inception of HOT in Indonesia. Youth is a tech native and is very agile in absorbing lessons, processing data, and making use of the innovative tools we developed. HOT has collaborated with 25 universities and academic institutions as proxies to engage with youth.

Read more

3 days of OSM and GIS training kicks off in Mali!

Posted by Amelia Hunt on Apr, 23 2018
*Guest blog; Nathalie Sidibe, OSM Mali* Today marks the kickoff of 3 days of GIS training for OSM Mali! The OSM Mali team are supporting training in collaboration with Agetic, a Public Administration Office that works in the digital sector and advocates ICT in Mali.
Read more

Microgrants 2018: HOT supports eight OSM communities!

Posted by RebeccaFirth on Apr, 20 2018
We are pleased to announce the launch of this year’s Microgrant programme, which will support communities across South America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Southeast Asia. Thanks to the huge success of this year’s #mapthedifference campaign and the generous contributions of donors, eight communities will receive Microgrants to help them expand their activities to improve the use of OpenStreetMap to minimise the impact of disasters in their local areas. This is the second year we have run this programme.
Read more
See all updates