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Mapping Drainage in Dar es Salaam
Every year during the rainy season, the largest city in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, suffers from devastating floods that wipe out roads, destroy houses, and result in deaths, sickness, and millions of dollars worth of damages. By helping communities to map their wards, the Ramani Huria project is able to support disaster prevention and response to areas that were previously off the map, literally. One key element of these maps is drainage systems. We have dedicated mappers working to ensure these, as well as wetland zones and flood-prone areas, are included accurately in our maps.
Hewlett Foundation Grant Summary | Ebola Epidemic Response
Inspired by our response to the West Africa Ebola epidemic, a grant was generously made by the Hewlett Foundation to HOT in late 2014. This funding was aimed at improving the ability of HOT to fulfill its large scale and long running Ebola response, as well as have the capacity to respond to future events. It was determined by the community that the grant be divided and focus on three projects, addressing the development of the online tools Field Papers and the Export Tool, as well as building the numbers of Activation Coordinators.
Don't get left behind...
The buzz of Geography Awareness Week, has reached far corners of the world. This year’s theme “Explore! The Power of Maps” has inspired more than 60 groups to join HOT and the Missing Maps partners during November 15 – 21 in support of Geography Awareness Week.
HOT launches $50,000 crowdfunding campaign - donate today!
https://donate.hotosm.org You can make the difference in helping HOT meet it's fundraising target for 2015 and raise $50,000 in the next 50 days. Mapbox...
Old Export Tool Moving to HOT Servers as Read-Only Copy
As the new Export Tool has been successfully rolled out, the earlier version is to be switched off as it is held on the GeoFabrik...
Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake Day 2
Since the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) officially activated on the 27th October, the team has been working hard to evaluate the mapping needs in response to the Eastern Afghanistan earthquake. There are two Tasking Manager projects set up in an effort to map key affected areas.
Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake Day 1
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) calls upon our community to assist those affected by disaster for the second time in under one week
Updates and info on HOT's Hurricane Patricia mapping from the Activation Team
HOT, en coordinación con la comunidad mexicana de OSM, ha sido activada durante los dos últimos días, atendiendo al progreso del huracán y mapeando las áreas vulnerables en su camino. Tenemos dos tareas de mapeado abiertas en el OSM Tasking Manager (tasks.hotosm.org): una tarea que cubre las áreas costeras en el camino del huracán, y una tarea tierra adentro. No anticipamos abrir tareas adicionales, pero estamos monitorizando la situación en caso de que deslaves, inundaciones, u otros peligros posteriores al huracán generen situaciones humanitarias en las que podamos contribuir.
HOT Activation Hurricane Patricia
[en español a continuación] The Humanitarian OpenSteetMap Team (HOT) has activated to provide geographic base data in areas affected by Hurricane Patricia in Mexico....
Join #100mapathons for OSMGeoWeek 2015!
La semaine internationale de sensibilisation à la géographie (Geography Awareness Week) aura lieu du 15 au 21 Novembre. L’équipe HOT (Humanitarian Open Street Map Team), en partenariat avec le projet Missing Maps, ont l'intention d'y participer massivement cette année !
The new OSM Export Tool is Live
The newly developed Export Tool is now LIVE. Please register with your OSM username and explore some of the new functionality, such as the use of...
HOT Announces Tyler Radford as our Executive Director
We are excited to announce that Tyler Radford has accepted the position of Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Since Tyler was named Interim...
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Outreachy Presentation | HOT OSM Round 10
The HOT OSM participants of round 10 of the Outreachy program will be presenting their work through Google Hangout on Air today, followed by...
Community mapping has long lasting impact in Tandale, Dar es Salaam Tanzania
The ward of Tandale was one of the first wards in Dar es Salaam to benefit from community mapping and be comprehensively mapped on OpenStreetMap. Ramani Huria recently spoke to Ward Executive Officer for Tandale Mr. Osiligi Lossai about how they are using the data and maps provided to the ward following the completion of mapping.
Beta Release of the Redeveloped Export Tool
The new Export Tool was released for its Beta phase on Friday the 18th of September. We have had great input from the community during the...
Making a Difference ... From Afar
By Charlotte Wolter As a geographer and doctoral student at Kansas State, Kabita Ghimire has been away from her Nepal homeland...