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Branching out Manpower to Mapping 136 Priority Areas in Indonesia through Training of Trainers (ToT)

27 April, 2017

Indonesia

As we wrote earlier, Indonesia’s disaster management agency is taking on a quantum leap this year, setting up on the creation of contingency planning for all the 136 priority cities/districts in Indonesia. Managing risks and safeguarding all economic and development hubs in the country is not an easy task, but a necessary one.

HOT Research Partnership on Crowdsourced Damage Assessment

HOT is partnering with the Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative (SURI), the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), Heidelberg University, and...

Cristiano Giovando - 26 April, 2017

Global

Paving the Road to Inclusivity, HOT Trains Mapping Skills to Disabled Communities

Supriyadi, 60, lost his ability to walk 11 years ago when a magnitude of 5.9 earthquake shook Yogyakarta, one of Indonesia’s provincial capital. It...

Biondi Sanda Sima - 25 April, 2017

Indonesia

World Malaria Day: map to help Malaria elimination worldwide

Tuesday 25th April is World Malaria Day, and we’re hosting a Global 24 hour mapathon to support eradication of Malaria worldwide. You can join...

Rebecca Firth - 21 April, 2017

Global

HOT Microgrants 2017: Results

    We had a fantastic response to our first ever Microgrants Programme, with over 70 applications from nearly 50 countries worldwide. After much...

Rebecca Firth - 20 April, 2017

Global

Welcome HOT's new board members!

On Wednesday, April 12th, HOT welcomed three new members to the HOT Board. The newly elected Board Members are Ahasanul Hoque, Pete Masters, Melanie Eckle,...

Rachel VanNice - 14 April, 2017

Global

YouthMappers ‘Mapping to End Malaria’ Challenge: Round 1 Results

Our first round of the YouthMappers ‘Mapping to end Malaria’ Challenge has concluded. Together, 141 students at 8 universities mapped over 50,000 buildings in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Thank you to all the chapters who participated!

Russell Deffner - 12 April, 2017

Global

World Health Day 2017: show your support by mapping for malaria

Malaria is a disease that affects millions of people around the world, particularly children under 5 and women. Malaria is prevalent in some of the most unmapped places. Malaria is a preventable and curable disease, but currently organisations do not have detailed data on the number of vulnerable people in an area, which reduces their ability to respond. Malaria spreads through mosquito bites, and if you can prevent bites, you can reduce the spread of infection. This means that you need to know where those vulnerable to malaria live, so you can spray their homes with insecticide or distribute bednets. This way you can save more lives, more quickly.

Russell Deffner - 7 April, 2017

Global

Uploading made easier: new options available for OpenAerialMap

Since OpenAerialMap launched we’ve required imagery to be stored in a publicly accessible place prior to upload. This enable us to focus more on...

Nate Smith - 3 April, 2017

Global

How Youth Mappers in Uganda are improving their mapping skills through mapping with HOT for Malaria Elimination

During our 2nd year at University for our Internship in 2016 we were privileged to work with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) in Uganda...

Geoffrey Kateregga - 22 March, 2017

Global

Next Generation HOT Export Tool - Version 3

The HOT Export Tool allows users to create custom OpenStreetMap (OSM) exports for various regions, by specifying an area of interest and a list of features. Within minutes, up-to-date OSM data is extracted for the area and filtered based on the selected features before it is converted from the native PBF file into other data formats. The Export Tool is currently undergoing renewed development to provide the OSM community with a tool to meet their data extraction needs. Numerous feature enhancements have been requested and an overall update to the software will improve its performance.

Mhairi O'Hara - 17 March, 2017

Indonesia

Imagery released for Cyclone Enawo to support mapping activities

High-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe is now open and available for the Cyclone Enawo response. One week ago, the powerful cyclone made landfall on...

Nate Smith - 15 March, 2017

Global

Celebrating International Women’s Day: HOT Empowers Women with ICT and Mapping Skills

Commemorating International Women’s Day, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Indonesia organized a mapping event, #WomenMap, using free and open-source mapping tools. The event was...

Biondi Sanda Sima - 13 March, 2017

Indonesia

Mapping for government inclusion and service delivery in Liberia

Liberia is the oldest Republic on the African continent and one of those that have gone through tough times across the continent including the...

David Luswata - 13 March, 2017

Liberia

This International Women’s Day, show your support by mapping

Many of HOT’s projects and partners focus on improving outcomes for women and girls in the developing world. This work is done in support...

Rebecca Firth - 7 March, 2017

Global

OSM Tasking Manager 3 Project Update #1

Development on the next major version of HOT's OSM Tasking Manager software is going strong. A lot has happened so let us catch up!...

Blake Girardot - 6 March, 2017

Global