Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

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Base data serves many needs in humanitarian response and often responding organizations are scrambling to gather data because it is not readily available. Therefore, the focus of HOT’s work in Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) in Indonesia has been data preparedness.

Indonesia is a unique place. It is the world's fourth most populous country, spread out over 17,000 islands, with a mix of different types of religions and lifestyles. Through a partnership with...

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A week in between Pap and Saint Marc

Posted by brian on Jan, 26 2012

17-Jan, Tuesday morning, hitting the road to Saint Marc after a couple of days preparing at the HC Resource Center (haiti.communitere.org). It feels good leaving Port au Prince and driving North to Saint Marc, stopping by at Guen’s place to greet his relatives and have a look at the motorcycles that we will have use of in a near future. This road in between sea and mountains is familiar from past HOT trips to Gonaives, and traveling it again brings back good memories. Leslie is driving, the radio plays loud, and the spirit is high. Five of us, Guens, Judith, Jacqueson, Samuel, and I, are starting the first phase of work in Saint Marc.

HOT Mapping for flash flood affected areas in Northern Mindanao, Philippines

Posted by maning on Jan, 25 2012

Northern Mindanao(specifically Cagayan de Oro and Iligan) was ravaged by flash floods last December 2011. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) initially reported 900 people have been killed, over 1,500 have been injured and almost 285,000 are served inside and outside 62 evacuation centers

HOT at Haiti Communitere

Posted by nicolas on Jan, 25 2012

Since returning to Haiti in preparation of launching the Saint Marc mapping program with COSMHA, HOT has been staying at the Haiti Communitere (HC) Resourse Center. HC offers an open space, where organizations of many type are able to come to launch project within Haiti. They are very valuable to organizations such as HOT because they allow us to arrive and use this incredibly flexible support environment to get things started or in country.