Here we document the activities of HOT's Open Mapping Hub - LAC

Publications (Español, Português)

Posts are in reverse chronological order

25/03/2024 - Coordination and Action: The Articulation of Humanitarian Mapping Response after Hurricane Otis

07/03/2024 - Mapping Our Community: Paula dos Santos Silva’s Journey in the Amazon

05/03/2024 - Catalyzing Women in Disaster Response: Insights from Women Mappers in the Caribbean

26/02/2024 - Young People Tracing Resilience in San Antonio de Prado, Colombia

22/02/204 - Data sovereignty, open mapping and indigenous territories

25/01/2024 - Catalyzing Impact: Inaugural Micro-Grants by HOT and Caribbean School of Data

15/12/2023 - Data for sustainable development: The Data Festival 2023

08/12/2023 - AbreLatam 2023: Integrating open cartography into the open data community

07/12/2023 - Building Community to Build Resilience - OpenCities Saint Lucia Impact

29/11/2023 - Canoa de Tolda at the Paris Peace Forum 2023

13/10/2023 - Participatory waste mapping: a continuing effort for sustainable development

28/09/2023 - From reaction to prevention: Risk mapping in Ecuador

18/09/2023 - Hub-LAC series of humanitarian and cartographic talks

30/08/2023 - Is the Caribbean Open Mapping Community Poised to Map its Way to Greater Disaster Resilience?

24/08/2023 - OpenStreetMap and municipal planning: a reality in Mexico

07/08/2023 - A partnership to complete the free map of Medellín, Colombia

25/07/2023 - Mapping as a response to the disaster in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

13/07/2023 - RightsCon 2023: Looking for the intersection of human rights and maps

06/07/2023 - HOT and CDEMA sign agreement to enhance disaster management in the Caribbean with collaborative mapping

02/07/2023 - URBE Latam International Meeting

27/04/2023 - Notes from the field: The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

24/04/2023 - HOT and TETO: building emergency solutions to improve people’s lives

24/03/2023 - OpenStreetMap y las cartografías oficiales

10/03/2023 - Women, maps and data: a conversation for International Women’s Day

27/12/2022 - GIRD+OSM Lima 2022: Creating a community around Risk Management and Open Mapping

16/12/2022 - Announcement of HOT and Caribbean School of Data Partnership: Open Mapping Technical Training in the Caribbean Region

07/11/2022 - América Abierta 2022, the challenge of open data

10/23/2022 - Cayambe: Risk management in volcanic areas

08/30/2022 - Canoa de Tolda: Representing the social dynamics of the São Francisco River through mapping

06/22/2022 - Learn about the ongoing projects of the LATAM hub!

05/18/2022 - Open Mapping Hub in LATAM - May 2022 update

04/27/2022 - New open mapping actors in Ecuador

03/23/2022 - Open Mapping News from LATAM

12/02/2021 - Open Mapping Hub in LATAM - December 2021 update

03/25/2021 - 🗺 ¡Ayuda a impulsar OpenStreetMap en Latinoamérica!

Other publications on Latin America

01/02/2022 - Mapping the Care of People with URBELatam

21/06/2021 - How can we improve community disaster preparedness and response capacities with crowdsourced spatial data in Latin America and the Caribbean?

08/06/2021 - Practical Action Bolivia Trained Community Members in Mapping Areas Impacted by Forest Fires

24/08/2020 - Covid-19 Pandemic in Peru: Mapping Health Implications

26/06/2020 - #map2020 Results Announced

19/06/2020 - Four regions, five years, 94 countries, one billion people

14/11/2018 - Using open source tools to eliminate Malaria in Guatemala

05/10/2018 - GeoChicas: Mapping the path of women after the earthquake in Oaxaca

14/08/2018 - Exploring the possibilities of mapping and identity in Cusco, Peru

02/10/2017 - Microgrants: Humanitarian mapping of coastal wetlands and fishing livelihoods for resilience to climate change and variability, Colombia.

07/09/2017 - Disaster Activation: Hurricanes Irma, Maria, Mexico Earthquake, Bangladesh flooding

03/06/2016 - Ecuador Earthquake: Assessing the Extent of Damaged Buildings

31/05/2016 - HOTOSM recognized by the President of Mexico during Internet Day 2016

04/05/2016 - Ecuador Earthquake: Day 16 Update

22/04/2016 - Ecuador Earthquake: Day 7 Update

18/04/2016 - Latest Update: Earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador

04/02/2016 - Passengers created the public transportation map of Managua

07/01/2016 - A crowd-sourced public transportation map for Managua

01/06/2015 - Training and Capacity Building: Caribbean Open Data Program

06/03/2015 - Taller de Mapeo Humanitario – Isla de León, Colombia

24/04/2013 - Hottie Humberto Yances presents the La Boquilla Project