Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Armchair activism
that makes a difference on the ground

https://ifrik.gitlab.io/humanitarian-mapping

Maps are power

Maps shape the world

Maps define importance

Maps inform decissions

Maps make you visible

http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2012-06-22_finishing_off_the_refugee_camp_mapping. photo: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/giro555/5984530079/

Maps can make you safer

openfire.org

Maps can support your cause

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

Wikipedia of maps

Haiti 2010

  • initial Yahoo satellite images to improve existing data
  • within 48 hours: high resolution post-earthquake imagery
  • 600 mappers
  • base map for Search and Rescue teams
hot.osm.projects/haiti-2
Map rendered on a simple GPS device, as available to aid organisations. Screenshot: Ted Drake

Gaining experience

Being prepared

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