News
A return to Haiti two years on
It is January 12th, 2012, 2 years after the quake, that I started my eighth trip to Haiti where HOT will partner with the...
HOT Collaboration with GIS Corps!
GIS Corps is joining together with HOT again for a joint project. The first collaboration between HOT and GIS Corps occurred during the Samoa...
Activation to Map Libyan Health Facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked HOT and the Stand By Task Force (SBTF) to activate to map health facilities in in Libya....
Cooperation between HOT and DigitalGlobe in Turkey
We almost forgot to report on our earthquake response in Turkey from this October. Fortunately Suha Ulgen recently did an interview that reminded...
OpenStreetMap and Quantum GIS Training in Bali
On 5th "“ 6th December 2011, HOT came to Bali for another training. Here we were working with Australian Community Development and Civil Society...
Poverty Mapping with an OpenStreetMap Base in Sumbawa
During HOT's time working in Indonesia we've met with many different groups doing different types of mapping. One of the more common types is...
Activation in Somalia
HOT has activated to improve OSM, for the drought and famine crisis in East Africa. Read on for the background, the actions we're taking,...
Keren OSM (Bantaeng and Kupang, Indonesia)
Over the past several weeks a pair of HOT teams has been bouncing around Indonesia, teaching community facilitators from ACCESS about OpenStreetMap and discussing...
Continuing HOT Activation for the Ivory Coast
HOT activated in December of 2010 for the Ivory Coast following the Presidential Election crisis. During that time the OpenStreetMap information collected has been...
Japan earthquake and tsunami
OpenStreetMap used as a basemap for live disaster reports We've all been too busy for blogging lately, but the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is of...
Introducing COSMHA
A new organization has been formed to sustain, support, and grow the local OpenStreetMap Community in Haiti. COSMHA, or Comunite OpenStreetMap de Haiti, was formed...
Ivory Coast post electoral crisis
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) activated as political tension increased dramatically in Ivory Coast in the aftermath of the presidential election this late December...
Fourth deploy of the HOT to Haiti: camp mapping project with IOM
It has been one week since Kate and I came back from Haiti where HOT deployed to grow OSM capacities within the Communication Unit...
Pakistan floods
In July Pakistan was hit by massive flooding. Monsoon rainfall continues to feed the floods and the flood itself has killed tens of thousands...
Third Deploy to Haiti of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team 14-29 June
Following 2 weeks of intense preparation, Kate Chapman and myself just got landed in Haiti to run the third deploy of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap...