Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

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EUROSHA is a European Union pilot project that wants to build up a European Open-Source Humanitarian Aid corps of volunteers to address humanitarian issues and specifically ensure inclusive humanitarian information-sharing in crisis preparedness.

Volunteers are young people aged under 26 who will be trained in September-October then deployed for 6 months from mid-October as part of a ‘country team’ of four to five European citizen volunteers and of two national volunteers. They will...

Recent Updates

Crossing Boundaries by Tracing Buildings: Mapping Kathmandu from New York City"

Posted by alyssa on May, 11 2013

Throughout the day you could hear the simple question - 'Is that a building?' -- followed by conversations about shadows, and people, and the construction of a city that seemed so far away from our own.

Comprehensive Report on Mali Activation

Posted by mikel on Apr, 29 2013

Early this year, HOT was activated in Mali. Pierre Beland took the lead on this activation, and produced for OCHA this excellent report. Recommended reading, for the comprehensive qualitative and quantitative look at this creative and awesome collaboration. I'd personally love to see this level of...

State Department Launches Imagery to the Crowd

Posted by mikel on Apr, 25 2013

The State Department Humanitarian Information Unit has launched Imagery to the Crowd! [inline:Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-2.24.34-PM.png] This is important formal recognition of the partnership we've built over the past couple years. The premise is simple enough. HOT needs current aerial imagery to create up to date maps following a disaster event. The US government acquires that kind of imagery from commercial providers. Sharing the imagery with the OSM community means better maps for responders.