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Updates from Indonesia
Back in 2011, the first time I joined HOT as an intern for Community Mapping Pilot (Phase I), I never expect anything big or...
GeONG Conference - West Africa Ebola Outbreak - Six months of sustained efforts by the OpenStreetMap community
This two days CartONG 4th Forum of Geographic Information for Relief and Development GeOnG event in Chambéry (France), September 22-23, was the opportunity for...
Mikel Maron Chosen as a Presidential Innovation Fellow
On behalf of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team I am pleased to congratulate Mikel Maron for his new role as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at...
Fieldwork in Nsanje District (Weeks 6 - 7)
"Maswela bwanji?" (Good afternoon) "Ndasewela bwino, kaya inu?" (The afternoon is fine, what about you?) "Ndasewela bwino." (The afternoon is fine) "Zikomo." (Thank you)...
Fieldwork in the heart of Shire (Week 5)
It is the second, and last week, of fieldwork in the Chikwawa district, with the necessity to cover all the most flood prone areas...
Fieldwork begins in the Lower Shire (Week 4)
After 3 weeks of coordination, preparation and training, we begin the field mapping exercise this week. Everyone is excited with the upcoming exercise. Armed...
White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Initiative Demo Day
You may have seen a few shout outs on twitter from last months disaster technology event at the White House. Albert Gembara’s talk is...
OSM Training in Blantyre for Project Malawi (Week 3)
After a long flight from Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok - Addis Ababa, finally, I finally arrived in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi...
OSM Workshops for Project Malawi (Week 2)
This week we started the series of OSM training/workshops to various government stakeholders and international agencies based in Lilongwe. Severin started this coordination through...
WHO declares Ebola outbreak an 'international public health emergency'
L'Équipe humanitaire Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team hausse le niveau de réponse à la demande de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).
Reactivation of HOT for the Ebola epidemic, Second update
Après la deuxième vague de l'épidémie d'Ebola en juin marquée par une hausse du nombre de décès, les équipes de la Croix-Rouge et MSF se sont déployés dans les districts de Kailahun et Kenema en Sierra Leone et demandé la réactivation de la communauté OpenStreetMap pour produire des cartes détaillées. L'équipe humanitaire d'OpenStreetMap (HOT) fait le pont avec les humanitaires et les différents partenaires. Un spécialiste SIG de CartONG a été déployé sur le terrain de nouveau pour soutenir MSF. Nous coordonnons avec CartONG et les spécialistes SIG de la Croix-Rouge américaine. Nous sommes également en liaison avec des représentants de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et le Bureau des Nations Unies pour la Coordinaion des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) et divers partenaires pour assurer une identification rapide des zones à couvrir et informer les diverses organisations humanitaires sur les services disponibles.
Project in Malawi starts in the field!
C'est un vrai plaisir pour moi de retourner au Malawi après une courte visite d'une semaine dernière l'année ! J'etais venu en tant que...
Thank you, Gunner and Aspiration Tech
The HOT Board would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Gunner (Allen Gunn) of Aspiration Tech for his facilitation and organizational development help...
A new version of Tasking Manager
Last week we launched a new Version 2 update to the “Tasking Manager”. This popular tool created by H.O.T. allows people to view a...
Join HOT in Berlin at OKFestival!
(Blog post by Katie Filbert, Heather Leson) The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is super excited to host a workshop at the Open Knowledge Festival...
