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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
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    Organize a mapathon
    Organizing mapathons is a fantastic way to 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.

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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!

    FIND A LEADERBOARD
    Events

    Missing Maps London

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    01

    October

    Royal Geographical Society, London, United Kingdom

    Tuesday, 18:00-21:00

    Grab x UiTM Mapathon

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    05

    October

    UiTM Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Saturday, 10:00-16:00

    Mapathon Missing Maps à Chambéry @La Dynamo

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    09

    October

    La Dynamo, Chambéry, France

    Wednesday, 18:30-21:30

    Missing Maps Plzen

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    11

    October

    Cukrovarská 20, Plzen, Czech Republic

    Friday, 18:00-21:00

    Mapathon Missing Maps à Lyon @LeTubā

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    15

    October

    Le Tubā, Lyon, France

    Tuesday, 18:30-21:30

    Missing Maps Mapathon – Putting the World’s Vulnerable People on the Map

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    17

    October

    Village Berlin Workshop space, Berlin, Germany

    Thursday, 20:00-22:00

    Mapathon Humanitario Málaga

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    19

    October

    Av de Sor Teresa Prat, 15, 29003 Málaga, Málaga, Spain

    Saturday, 10:00-15:00

    Friend of MSF Edinburgh Mapathon

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    October

    David Hume Tower - LG.07, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Friday, 18:30-20:30

    Mapathon Missing Maps Paris @La Paillasse

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    07

    November

    La Paillasse, Paris, France

    Thursday, 18:30-21:30

    TBD

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    12

    November

    Spatial Analysis Lab at Dept. of Geography, DC, United States

    Tuesday, 18:30-20:00

    HR AGENCY organise un marathon

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    13

    November

    Les sinistrée du quartier harobanda commune 5 de Niamey, Niamey, Niger

    Wednesday, 09:00-18:00

    Carto4Sinistré

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    14

    November

    Les sinistrée du quartier harobanda commune 5 de Niamey, Niamey, Niger

    Thursday, 09:00-18:00

    Mapathon Missing Maps à Lyon @Le Tubā

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    19

    November

    Le Tubā, Lyon, France

    Tuesday, 18:30-21:30

    Mapathon Missing Maps Grenoble @ La Turbine.coop

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    20

    November

    La Turbine.coop, Grenoble, France

    Wednesday, 18:30-21:30

    Mapathon Missing Maps Chambéry @ Le Mug

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    November

    Le Mug, Chambéry, France

    Wednesday, 18:30-21:30

    Mapathon Missing Maps à Lyon @Le Tubā

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    17

    December

    Le Tubā, Lyon, France

    Tuesday, 18:30-21:30

    3er Mapatón Solidario Indizen

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    28

    September

    Indizen, Madrid, Spain

    Saturday, 10:00-13:30

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    About

    Missing Maps is made possible thanks to the following organizations.

    Founders
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    Members
    cartong logo netherlands red cross chia-logo hgis-logo concern-logo george washington-logo cadasta logo padf logo youthmappers logo healthsites logo mapaction logo mapaction logo mapaction 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.