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What if we could map one billion people currently missing from the world’s maps? — 18 June 2020

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How Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is working to map areas affected by disaster — Geo Week News

Ukrainians are scrubbing open-source maps to keep intel from Russia’s army — Rest of the World

Open Data, Local Knowledge and Geospatial Technologies: Public Participation is key to disaster recovery — Directions Magazine

Putting the World’s Slums on the Map — Bloomberg - CityLab

These Maps Show Every LGBTQI+ Safe Space, HIV Facility, and Story in the Philippines — Esquire Philippines

Volunteer armies map 'invisible' communities hit by coronavirus — Thomson Reuters Foundation

Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps — BBC

Satellite Data Reveals the Pandemic's Effects From Above — Wired

Mapping Makoko: How data could help legitimize Nigeria's informal settlements — Devex

Neglected and Unmapped: Makoko struggles to survive — The Guardian Nigeria

How Makoko, Nigeria's floating slum went digital with new mapping project — CNN

After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue — NPR - Goats and Soda

How Bididi Became a City — National Geographic

Equator from the air — BBC

The Crowdsourced Maps Guiding Puerto Rico's Recovery — Wired

A Mapathon to Pinpoint Areas Hardest Hit in Puerto Rico — The New York Times

Online mapping tool gives FGM runaways a path to help — The Guardian

The Open Source Maps That Make Rescues in Nepal Possible — Wired

What's needed to put more people on the map? — Devex

Missing Maps: nothing less than a human genome project for cities — The Guardian

How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines — The Atlantic

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Press Releases

What if we could map one billion people currently missing from the world’s maps? — 18 June 2020

HOT in the News

How Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is working to map areas affected by disaster — Geo Week News

Ukrainians are scrubbing open-source maps to keep intel from Russia’s army — Rest of the World

Open Data, Local Knowledge and Geospatial Technologies: Public Participation is key to disaster recovery — Directions Magazine

Putting the World’s Slums on the Map — Bloomberg - CityLab

These Maps Show Every LGBTQI+ Safe Space, HIV Facility, and Story in the Philippines — Esquire Philippines

Volunteer armies map 'invisible' communities hit by coronavirus — Thomson Reuters Foundation

Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps — BBC

Satellite Data Reveals the Pandemic's Effects From Above — Wired

Mapping Makoko: How data could help legitimize Nigeria's informal settlements — Devex

Neglected and Unmapped: Makoko struggles to survive — The Guardian Nigeria

How Makoko, Nigeria's floating slum went digital with new mapping project — CNN

After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue — NPR - Goats and Soda

How Bididi Became a City — National Geographic

Equator from the air — BBC

The Crowdsourced Maps Guiding Puerto Rico's Recovery — Wired

A Mapathon to Pinpoint Areas Hardest Hit in Puerto Rico — The New York Times

Online mapping tool gives FGM runaways a path to help — The Guardian

The Open Source Maps That Make Rescues in Nepal Possible — Wired

What's needed to put more people on the map? — Devex

Missing Maps: nothing less than a human genome project for cities — The Guardian

How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines — The Atlantic

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