The HumanitarianOpenStreetMap Team
... is a non-profit organization dedicated to supportinghumanitarian work with open data and software.
OSM and Humanitarian EffortsCrisis responseHumanitarian risk reductionTechnical capacity building
... all using OpenStreetMap!
PrinciplesDevelop, utilize, and rely on open dataProvide services to humanitarian respondersRespect local knowledge and cultureWork quickly and efficientlyBe open to collaboration and partnerships
Field ProjectsCompleted and ongoing
AusAID (Indonesia)USAID (Haiti)Eurosha (Kenya, Chad, CAR, Burundi)
Early phase
Organization internationale de la Francophonie(Senegal, Burkina Faso, Togo, Chad)OpenCities (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh)
Other PartnershipsAmerican Red Cross trainingPeace Corps volunteer involvement with OSMImagery to the Crowd (State Dept. HIU)Mapmill (FEMA & Civil Air Patrol)
Recent Crisis ResponseActivations
Mali (conflict)Syria (conflict)Central African Republic (conflict)Congo (disease outbreak)Afghanistan
ChallengesProjects and activationsResponse vs. preparedness vs. developmentOrganizational funding and capacity
Thank you!and especially thank you to all the HOTties out there!
lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
hotosm.org