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OSM DRC - supporting the Ebola response
On the 8th May 2018, the Ministry of Health announced the 9th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the...
Data Collection Training in Bamako, Mali
Data collection training in Bamako, Mali
Bringing together West African OSM communities: OSM & GIS workshops in Lomé, Togo
OSM & GIS worshops in Togo in May 2018
Open Cities Africa Kicks off in Kampala
The latest installment of the Open Cities project, Open Cities Africa, from the World Bank kicked off last week in Kampala. We were there...
Growing OSM Zambia through the Nethope Device Challenge Grant
Guest blog: Trudy Hope, OSM Zambia lead
HOT 2018 Annual Meeting and Election Results
HOT Voting Members held their 2018 Annual General Meeting On June 7th, during which we heard an update on the Strategic Plan, and ratified...
A fresh look for hotosm.org
Today we flipped the switch on a new look for hotosm.org. The new design has updated information on projects, new ways of accessing information...
UniqueMappersTeam Collaboration with Transparent Earth Nigeria Ltd.
Guest blog - Valerie Odeam Osuamkpe (Ag.Team Secretary General,UMT) and Victor N.Sunday (Team Coordinator)
Map Completeness Estimation and Experimental Analytics for Health
Over the last couple of years, HOT has been working with partners like the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the Botswana Ministry of...
HOT Hosted a Mapathon in the State University of Semarang
In April 16-18, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Indonesia collaborated with the State University of Semarang (UNNES) to host a mapathon for the capital of...
Agetic Training Success with OSM Mali
OSM Mali run training for Communication Technologies Agency, Agetic Mali
Field surveying in Botswana to support the National Malaria Programme
Although a lot of progress has been made to combat malaria, and yearly deaths worldwide have declined from over 1 million in 2000 to...
Welcoming summer work on open source tools through Outreachy and Google Summer of Code
Welcome to the new Google Summer of Code and Outreachy students! The HOT Community is getting a significant amount of support this summer on...
Motorcycle Mapping - BodaBodas and 'The Knowledge'
Uganda’s capital city, Kampala, has Uber taxis. It is crazy. They are highly unreliable, not surprisingly given the traffic behaviour here - which could...
Engaging with Youth, HOT’s Uni Battle Map Winner Becomes the First YouthMappers Chapter in Indonesia
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...