News — 04 October, 2016

Hurricane Matthew

The Humanitarian OpenSteetMap Team (HOT) has activated to provide geographic base data in areas affected by Hurricane Matthew. Category 4 Hurricane Matthew continues to strengthen and is advancing on Haiti and the Bahamas. Hurricane Matthew is expected to cause ‘catastrophic’ damage including extreme flooding and landslides potentially affecting millions in Haiti, Jamaica, and Bahamas.

To start we are mapping coastal communities in the expected storm path.

Resources

HOT Export Tool is available to create custom downloads.

If any resources are missing you think should be includes please email info@hotosm.org

Get Involved

Thank you to all the volunteers to have helped so far. To make and update the detailed map that OpenStreetMap is known for it requires a community and dedicated mappers. For those that have not yet helped and wish to help contribute it is easy to get involved.

Login to the Tasking Manager (OpenStreetMap account required) and click on a task to contribute.

If it’s your first time mapping, watch a training video.

If you have questions join our mailing list or come to irc (#hot on irc.oftc.net). To use your web browser to chat click here and select #hot from the drop down menu.