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HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. LEARN WHAT WE DO Start mapping. HOT OpenSummit 23-24. HOT OpenSummit 23-24 and open our call for collaborations so more communities and organizations around the world bring their events as part of this global movement. Left.
- What we do
What We Do. HOT is an international team dedicated to...
- Our work
HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian...
- Tools & Data
Learn about OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap is a free street...
- Open Mapping Hubs
The Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa works...
- Community & Organization
Get ready for a year of global events that focus on...
- Jobs
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) does not...
- Annual Reports
The 2021-22 Impact Report is a virtual world tour of...
- Living Strategy
Organizations working in the humanitarian sector live in an...
- What we do
- Mission Statement
- CORE Objectives
- Advocacy, Training and Outreach
- Thinking and Design
- Getting Started
- Learning to Map
- What to Work on?
- Organised Editing Projects
- The Tasking Manager
- Jobs, Internships and Contracts
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) applies the principles of open source and open data sharing to humanitarian response and economic development.
To mobilise or support one million contributors to map an area home to one billion people by 2026 (see here for priority countries)To be the connecting point between humanitarian actors and open mapping communitiesTo provide remote data creationduring crisesTo collect and organize existing data sourcesCommunicating and meeting with humanitarian actors and United Nations technical communitiesTo promote crowd-sourcing and simple web standards for data sharingTo develop technical improvements to OSM and OSGeoin response to field requirements (off-line support, verification, format adaptors, multimaster sync..)Most of our volunteer needs are for remote mapping and project work. To find out more about what HOT does and how to get involved see the HOT Guide
The largest volunteer need of HOT is for OpenStreetMap contributors. To get started contributing to OpenStreetMap, the community has developed a simple-to-use beginners guide called LearnOSM (learnosm.org). A series of quick lessons will guide any new user through setting up an account and beginning to map. New material is always being developed an...
Notice: A formal definition of various HOT Programs (humanitarian projects and activations) is being developed, see HOT activationfor information regarding urgent response. Humanitarian projects can be the immediate responses to natural disasters, political crises and other destructive events or projects designed to mitigate or plan for disaster ri...
Please see our dedicated wiki pagefor organised editing projects led by HOT. These include both remote digitising projects and community led projects on the ground.
The Tasking Manager is a tool that divides large mapping tasks into small sections to make them easier for volunteers to manage. The Tasking Manager also includes background information on the locale to be mapped, as well as information about what kind of data is needed (road, schools, etc., and how to recognize them). Volunteers can contribute dir...
Visit our website for current opportunities on how to get involvedFor internship program see HOT Internship ProgramsFor tutorships see Tutorships SubPageThe 2021-2022 Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team annual report highlights the work of the global open mapping movement for humanitarian action and development. About the information we collect We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize and analyze your visits, and measure traffic usage and activity.
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team [HOT], a US 501 (c) (3) charitable organization, was launched in 2010 to promote and support the thousands of volunteers and dozens of local groups around the world ...
Annual Report 2020-21. Image courtesy of Dan Joseph, American Red Cross and Eric Fischer, Mapbox. Humanitarian OpenStreetmap Team (HOT) is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action, sitting at the nexus of participatory mapping, community-led development, humanitarian response, open data and tech.
