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- Mission
- The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (H.O.T.) ( hot.openstreetmap.org) coordinates the creation, production and distribution of free mapping resources to support humanitarian relief efforts in many places around the world. Launched in January 2009 and incorporated in August 2010 as a US NGO, it aim to apply the principles and activities of open source and open data sharing to humanitarian response and economic development and support the growth of the OpenStreetMap project. Collaborative mapping is uniquely valuable to humanitarian work, especially in places where base map data is often scarce and out of date.
- Core Skills
- infrastructure mapping, satellite imagery analysis, data downloads for GPS, basedata, open-source GIS training, data collection methodologies
- Website
- http://hot.openstreetmap.org
- Contact Info
- info@hotosm.org
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's Blog
DHN at December OSOCC & HIC Support Staff Training in Kuopio
By Kate Chapman for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Last month I participated in a training for OSOCC & HIC Support Staff at the Crisis Management Centre in Kuopio, Finland. I was attending as a representative of the Digital Humanitarian Network. This training was intended serve as a pilot training for those supporting On-Site Operations Coordination Centres (OSOCC) and Humanitarian…
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