News — 31 December, 2015
2015 HOT in numbers
To all in the global HOT community: As we begin 2016 I am incredibly proud of what we accomplished together as a global community this year. There were many new highs: the largest and most complex disaster response activation to date (Nepal earthquake), the most number of mappers (8000+), and the launch of new and exciting tech tools such as OpenAerialMap and the OSM Export Tool v2. With these successes come many opportunities for 2016—and also some challenges. As HOT moves into 2016, a prime focus area will be continuing to improve the services we provide to partners, OSM communities and humanitarian mapping groups worldwide. More to come on that in January. For now, here are a few highlights from 2015. While numbers don't tell the whole story, they're a good indicator of the massive scale of our collective efforts for the year. Enjoy!
Tyler
p.s. What did your OSM community accomplish in 2015? To write a guest blog post, email communications@hotosm.org
HOT People at a glance
- 6 board members in 6 countries
- 23 staff members in 5 countries
- 5 Outreachy interns
- 85 voting members in untold dozens of countries
- 8200+ community members on social media/mailing lists
- 28,000 registered users on the OSM Tasking Manager
HOT Disaster Mapping
- 5 major new events with HOT response: Typhoon Pam - Vanuatu, Nepal earthquake, Salgar Landslide - Colombia, Hurricane Patricia - Mexico, and the Afghanistan/Pakistan earthquake
- 8000+ contributors for the Nepal earthquake activation (2000 in the first 48 hours)
- 13 million+ edits made during the Nepal activation (almost 1mm/day in the first 12 days)
HOT and Missing Maps
- 5,623 total Missing Maps contributors
- 17,789,735 total Missing Maps map edits
- Dozens of responses to GIS and information management officers to set up new mapping projects
HOT OSM Community Mapping
- 6 HOT-sponsored community mapping/training project countries: Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Mongolia, St. Lucia, and Tanzania
- HOT member projects in more than a dozen countries
HOT Tanzania
- 160 students trained in OSM
- An area home to 1.35 million people put on the map
| 1-Jan-2015 | 31-Dec-2015 | |
| Wards mapped | 1 | 29 |
| Waterways | 73km | 704km |
| Roadways | 1500km | 2280km* |
| Schools | 3 | 1600 |
| OSM Tanzania | 11MB | 38MB |
*Plus 13,108km of additional roadways through imports!
HOT Indonesia
- 323 people trained in OSM, QGIS, and InaSAFE
- 1,076 exports of OSM Indonesia data created
| 1-Jan-2015 | 1-Dec-2015 | |
| Buildings | 1,918,878 | 4,199,923 |
| Ways | 2,460,272 | 4,868,536 |
- 130 participants from 60 organizations which includes:
- 28 participants whose fees/expenses were covered by HOT and/or an event sponsor