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    Putting the World's Vulnerable People on the Map

    Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people. Many of the places where these disasters occur are literally 'missing' from any map and first responders lack the information to make valuable decisions regarding relief efforts. Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project in which you can help to map areas where humanitarian organisations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people.

    GET INVOLVED

    How we work

    Process-Template 2 Created with Sketch. Remote volunteers trace satellite imagery into OpenStreetMap Step 1. Community volunteers add local detail such as neighborhoods, street names, and evacuation centers Step 2. Humanitarian organizations use mapped information to plan risk reduction and disaster response activities that save lives Step 3.
    Template Created with Sketch. Humanitarian organizations use mapped information to plan risk reduction and disaster response activities that save lives Step 3. Community volunteers add local detail such as neighborhoods, street names, and evacuation centers Step 2. Remote volunteers trace satellite imagery into OpenStreetMap Step 1.
    How to participate
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    Start Mapping Now
    It is no problem if you have never mapped before - it doesn't take long to learn. Visit our beginners section to find out how. If you already know how to edit OpenStreetMap, feel free to just get started.
    MAP NOW
    LEARN TO MAP
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    Organize a mapathon
    Organizing mapathons is a fantastic way build a community of mappers all focusing on the same area of the world. It is also a great learning environment, where new mappers can learn from the experiences of others. Mapathons are organised by groups and individuals all over the world.

    LEAD A MAPATHON JOIN EMAIL LIST

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    Donate to make an impact
    A donation to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (one of the founders of Missing Maps) can help to support local people in mapping their own communities, to develop tools and processes so that more people can contribute, and to scale the project so that we can help even more humanitarian organisations responding to crises all over the world.

    DONATE

    Contributions
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    To track your individual & project contributions Missing Maps provides two tools.
    User Profiles

    Check out your contributions to HOT tasks!

    FIND A USER
    Project Leaderboards

    Find out where you stand among contributed hashtags!

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    Events

    Missing Maps Mapathon

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    25

    April

    Miller Library Room 207, StCloud, United States

    Tuesday, 3:00-5:30

    World Malaria Day: 24 hour global mapathon

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    25

    April

    Online, 24 hour global event, Colombia

    Tuesday, 00:00-23:59

    World Malaria Day - Mapathon Ulm

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    25

    April

    Verschwörhaus, Ulm, Germany

    Tuesday, 19:00-21:00

    World Malaria Day Mapathon

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    25

    April

    Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan

    Tuesday, 18:30-23:00

    Missing Maps Grimstad

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    27

    April

    Grimstad, Grimstad, Norway

    Thursday, 19:15-21:00

    Semester Start Missing Maps Mapathon - OSM for Malaria Elimination

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    27

    April

    Geographical Institute (Heidelberg University), Heidelberg, Germany

    Thursday, 18:00-21:00

    Dhaka Mega Mapathon (Map Your City)

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    29

    April

    All Community Club, House#40, Road #35, Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Saturday, 10:00-16:00

    Ever-last YM End Malaria Mapathon

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    29

    April

    Kumi University , Kumi , Uganda

    Saturday, 10:00-4:00

    Missing Maps May Mapathon

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    02

    May

    Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, London, United Kingdom

    Tuesday, 18:00-21:00

    Missing Maps Olomouc – mapathony v Olomouci

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    03

    May

    Faculty of Science - Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Wednesday, 18:00-20:00

    Mapathon Missing Maps Université Genève

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    03

    May

    Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland

    Wednesday, 18:30-21:30

    Philly Mapathon

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    04

    May

    Azavea, Philadelphia, United States

    Thursday, 17:00-21:00

    Monthly Missing Maps mapathon at Finnish Red Cross

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    04

    May

    Finnish Red Cross HQ, Helsinki, Finland

    Thursday, 17:00-20:00

    Mapathon Lyon

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    10

    May

    Atelier des médias, Lyon, France

    Wednesday, 19:15-22:00

    Mapathon Missing Maps Grenoble

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    11

    May

    La Coop, Grenoble, France

    Thursday, 18:30-21:30

    Missing Maps Utrecht #2

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    17

    May

    Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Wednesday, 17:00-21:00

    Missing Maps Cambridge

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    18

    May

    British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Thursday, 18:00-20:30

    Purdue University Libraries GIS Day Mapathon

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    08

    November

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States

    Wednesday, 14:00-17:00

    ALL EVENTS
    About

    Missing Maps was made possible thanks to the following organizations.

    Founders
    arc logo brc logo hot logo msf logo
    Members
    cartong logo netherlands red cross chia-logo hgis-logo concern-logo george washington-logo cadasta logo padf logo youthmappers logo healthsites logo

    OpenStreetMap

    OpenStreetMap is the volunteer-driven open data mapping platform which makes all of this possible, supported by the not-for-profit OpenStreetMap Foundation.