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Mongolia - Mapping Ulaanbaatar Update - Welcome Interns!
It is our pleasure to welcome a group of student interns from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) as stewards for the Mapping Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia project we began in 2013. The project is a collaboration between HOT, the World Bank, nonprofit research group ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) and the city of Ulaanbaatar to create and maintain a map of the city within OpenStreetMap (OSM).
Kathmandu Living Labs is working to respond in Nepal: help them out!
Kathmandu Living Labs is a great local non-profit working to help in the Nepal earthquake response. Learn more about what they're doing with mapping, data, training and coordination, and help them yourself!
Nepal earthquake. We have maps
Since the earthquake struck in Nepal five days ago, 3679 mappers have made 62587 edits to the map (latest stats) It’s an amazing groundswell...
Volunteers from around the world help HOT map Nepal
Volunteers from around the world have been helping map Nepal -- here is roundup of some of the great events we have heard about. And tell us your own!
Welcome Tyler!
Welcome Tyler, HOT’s new Interim Executive Director. He starts in true HOT spirit - the week of a major deployment in response to the...
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Helping to map Nepal: getting started
[Guest post from Pete Masters, Missing Maps Project Coordinator] The Nepal earthquake has inspired a whole new wave of people to join HOT...
Processing Fresh Imagery for Nepal Earthquake Response
We are heads down on processing imagery from DigitalGlobe, Airbus and other major satellite providers to aid the Nepal earthquake response. So far, we have processed and made available over 3,000 square kilometers of updated imagery!
OpenStreetMap community India rallies in aid of their neighbor Nepal Report #3
[Ed. Note: Guest post from By Sajjad Anwar] The OpenStreetMap community all over India is rallying to aid its neighbor Nepal after the most...
HOT Activates for Nepal Response - Report #2
HOT has been active almost 20 hours since the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Our thoughts are with the affected communities and our fellow Mappers...
Strong Earthquake in Nepal - HOT Activates! Report #1
We are sad to report that there has been a major earthquake in Nepal. The best place to get information about HOT's response is...
Updates from Dar es Salaam
For the past three weeks, the HOT team in Tanzania comprising of Steven Bukulu, Geoffrey Kateregga, Paul Uithol and Jeff Haack has been involved...
HOT says Farewell to our Kate
Kate Chapman. Leader, friend, mentor, creator, grant writer, smart girl, cool-chick, adventurer, founder, volunteer. These are many of the wonderful traits that make up...
OSM TANZANIA
Preparations, Preparations and Lots of Preparations is how best i can describe the third of the OSM Training in Tanzania. We reported at...
OSM TANZANIA
On many occasions i used to wonder how birds feel when they fly above us, maybe or maybe not it could be one of...
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team seeks Interim Executive Director
HOT has grown from a community of contributors with an idea to a global community and organization with many successes. HOT has some exciting...
