[OSM-talk] Official Launch of the Missing Maps Project Today

[Kate Chapman]

Hi All,

Today the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team(HOT), American Red Cross, British
Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK) launch
the Missing Maps Project(1)(2). We are working together to map the most
vulnerable and poor areas in the world with the ethics of open, respectful
collaboration with importance placed on local access to the tools and data.
This is using methods focused on the use of OpenStreetMap for humanitarian
purposes that we have been developing over the past couple years.

I wanted to thank everyone in the OpenStreetMap community, really without
the huge growth in OpenStreetMap, the development of better and better
tools, and people coming together to help organize Missing Maps events this
would have never happened. It is an exciting day for the humanitarian side
of the project and I think the project as whole. For example the Guardian
is having a mapping event today to bring readers together to join Missing
Maps(3). For those interested in other links I've included quite a few at
the bottom(4)(5)(6).

If anyone is interested in contributing in some way for example hosting an
event please be in touch, we can get you started. Experienced OSM
contributors are what is really key to those sorts of things. If you just
want to map you can always join HOT on our Tasking Manager(7).

Thank you all,

-Kate



(1) http://www.missingmaps.org/
(2) http://tinyurl.com/kzazqm8
(3)
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/06/-sp-missing-maps-baraka-democratic-republic-congo-drc

(4)
http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2014/11/missing-maps-save-lives-click-mouse/

(5)
http://www.msf.org.uk/article/missing-maps-launch-unprecedented-collaboration-gets-underway

(6) https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-missing-maps/
(7) tasks.hotosm.org
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