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DRC x Haiti Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer
When it became clear that the collaborative project between HOT and the COSMHANNE community organisation in Haiti would need a technical OSM training component in French, the OSM DRC community stepped in.
New open mapping actors in Ecuador
The collaboration of experienced free culture activists with new mappers is renewing the landscape of collaborative cartography in Ecuador.
Nuevos actores del mapeo abierto en Ecuador
La colaboración de experimentados activistas de la cultura libre con nuevos mapeadores esta renovando el panorama de la cartografía colaborativa en Ecuador.
HOT Summit: an Exciting New Approach for 2022 and 2023
We want to improve how we bring communities, partners, and supporters together around open mapping, OpenStreetMap, and humanitarian response / social impact through the HOT Summit.
HOT Summit: un nuevo y emocionante enfoque para 2022 y 2023
Queremos mejorar la forma de reunir a las comunidades, los socios y los colaboradores en torno a la cartografía abierta, OpenStreetMap y la respuesta humanitaria / el impacto social a través del HOT Summit.
Open Mapping News from LATAM
2022 seems like a good year for the Latin American OSM community, let's see what new activities are being developed in the countries of the region.
Novedades del mapeo abierto en LATAM
2022 parece un buen año para la comunidad OSM latinoamericana, veamos que nuevas actividades se van desarrollando en los países de la región.
Open Mapping Hub Launches in West And Northern Africa
The West and Northern Africa Open Mapping Hub (the Hub) opens its doors today to support open mapping activities in the region. The Hub...
The ESA Open Mapping Grants: Reviewed and Revised
In November 2020, the Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa received 20 applications from OSM Communities in 17 countries in the region...
Mapeando o Cuidado
A URBELatam, uma parceria de três universidades, está trabalhando com o Banco Preventório para mapear a comunidade do Morro do Preventório próximo ao Rio de Janeiro. O mapa permitirá que o banco amplie seus serviços à comunidade e sirva de modelo e inspiração para outras favelas.
Mapping the Care of People with URBELatam
URBELatam, a partnership of three universities, is working with the Preventório Community Bank to map the Morro do Preventório community near Rio de Janeiro. This will enable the bank to expand its services to the community and serve as a model and inspiration for other favela communities.
How does pollution stall productivity? Studying Monrovia's Duala Market
The World Bank, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and iLab Liberia partnered to assess how pollution and lack of infrastructure was impeding the productivity of the Duala Market, Monrovia's largest wholesale market.
Hub de Mapeo Abierto en LATAM - Actualización diciembre 2021
Nos alegra compartir una actualización sobre cómo en HOT planeamos aumentar nuestro apoyo al Mapeo Abierto en la región de LATAM para encontrar formas de conectar los datos geoespaciales y el esfuerzo de la comunidad hacia el bien común.
Open Mapping Hub in LATAM - December 2021 update
We are excited to share with you an update on how at HOT we plan to increase our support to Open Mapping on the LATAM region to find ways to connect geospatial data and community effort towards collective well-being!
Reaching Inaccessible Communities Through Road Mapping for Sustainable Development
Since 2017, HOT has partnered with Facebook to build up and improve the data in OSM, particularly for countries in Southeast Asia where HOT has extensive experience in generating open geodata for humanitarian actions.