Blog Tags

Accessibility

Missing Maps Website Upgrade! April 2021

Awards

Missing Maps Project awarded at the Red Cross Humanitarian Technology Awards – A Year of Blogs – Oct 2020 October 2020
'MapSwipe: An Award Winner' - A Year of Blogs - February 2020 February 2020

BRC

'MapSwipe: An Award Winner' - A Year of Blogs - February 2020 February 2020

Burundi

Mobile Methods Minimizing Malaria Cases in Eastern Burundi January 2021
‘Burundi anti-malaria campaign: Covering the gap’ - A Year of Blogs - January 2020 January 2020

CP3

'Leveraging Missing Maps for The Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (CP3) in Guinea' – A Year of Blogs – April 2020 April 2020

CRC

'Missing Maps in Canada? Canadian Red Cross Community Mapping' – A Year of Blogs – March 2020 March 2020

Canaan

Drones over Canaan, Haiti April 2018

Cholera

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023
Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023

Colombia

Community mapping in Riohacha, Colombia March 2016

Community

Mapping Your Own Backyard: Stories from Local Community Mappers May 2021
The Maps may be Missing, but We are Still Here – A Year of Blogs – Dec 2020 December 2020

Community Mapping

Missing Maps Website Upgrade! April 2021

Comunitario

Cyclone

Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023

DRC

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023

Dorian

‘OpenStreetMap and MapAction post Hurricane Dorian’ - A Year of Blogs - December 2019 December 2019

Ebola

West Africa Project End January 2017
Mapping Every Detail August 2016
Trends of Transformation by Mapping in West Africa July 2016
Without Frontiers in Border Country June 2016
Field Mapping at Scale in West Africa April 2016

FBF

'Anticipating and addressing epidemics' – A Year of Blogs – Sept 2020 September 2020

Field Mapping

Open data production session for resilience against severe Malaria of children 0-5 years organized by MSF August 2019
Community Mapping in Viet Nam August 2018
Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017
Mapping cell phone signals January 2017
Putting Guinea’s reproductive health issues on the map September 2016
Mapping Every Detail August 2016
Trends of Transformation by Mapping in West Africa July 2016
Without Frontiers in Border Country June 2016
Water Access in Zimbabwe June 2016
Field Mapping at Scale in West Africa April 2016
Community mapping in Riohacha, Colombia March 2016
Fire Sensor Project September 2015

Fundraising

Help to Grow MapSwipe by Joining the Collective – A Year of Blogs – Nov 2020 November 2020

GPS

Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017

GeoWeek

OSM Geography Awareness Week: 13-19 November October 2016

Guinea

Open data production session for resilience against severe Malaria of children 0-5 years organized by MSF August 2019
Putting Guinea’s reproductive health issues on the map September 2016

HOT

Notes from Tanzania September 2018
Volunteers in Uganda and Turkey Rally to Support Refugees on World Refugee Day July 2017
#ValidationFriday March 2017

HOTOSM

'The State of OpenStreetMap in Africa' – A Year of Blogs – Aug 2020 August 2020
Congrats HOTOSM June 2020

Haiti

MapSwipe - the story continues June 2018
Drones over Canaan, Haiti April 2018

Health

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023
Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023

IDP

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023

IFRC

IFRC joins Missing Maps September 2017

IWD

Women validators share perspectives March 2023
Interviews from International Women’s Day 2022 March 2022

JOSM

Missing Maps Website Upgrade! April 2021

Leaderboards

Leaderboard 2.0 March 2018

Learning

Notes from Tanzania September 2018

MSF

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023
Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023
Utilisation des données OSM pour cartographier les hotspots de risque de pollution atmosphérique à Martissant, Port-au-Prince, en réponse à l'augmentation des cas d'asthme November 2022
Using OSM data to map Air Pollution Risk hotspots in Martissant, Port-au-Prince in response to rising Asthma cases November 2022
‘Burundi anti-malaria campaign: Covering the gap’ - A Year of Blogs - January 2020 January 2020
Mapping Every Detail August 2016
What's new with MapSwipe August 2016
MapSwipe... Feeding back on your feedback July 2016
MapSwipe Tutorial July 2016
MapSwipe July 2016
Without Frontiers in Border Country June 2016

Malaria

Mobile Methods Minimizing Malaria Cases in Eastern Burundi January 2021
‘Burundi anti-malaria campaign: Covering the gap’ - A Year of Blogs - January 2020 January 2020

Malawi

Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023

Mali

Leveraging MapSwipe to improve solid waste management in Mali: Sustaining livelihoods amidst COVID-19 shutdowns. February 2022

MapAction

‘OpenStreetMap and MapAction post Hurricane Dorian’ - A Year of Blogs - December 2019 December 2019
Notes from Tanzania September 2018

MapSwipe

Détection des changements avec MapSwipe en réponse au cyclone Batsirai, Madagascar 2022 August 2022
MapSwipe change detection analysis in response to Cyclone Batsirai Madagascar 2022 August 2022
Leveraging MapSwipe to improve solid waste management in Mali: Sustaining livelihoods amidst COVID-19 shutdowns. February 2022
Changes to MapSwipe for a Changing World January 2022
Help to Grow MapSwipe by Joining the Collective – A Year of Blogs – Nov 2020 November 2020
'MapSwipe: An Award Winner' - A Year of Blogs - February 2020 February 2020
MapSwipe 2.0 October 2019
MapSwipe - the story continues June 2018
MapSwipe July 2016

Mapathons

Transitioning from Online Mapathons to In-person: Experiences of Mapathon Organizers November 2021
OSM Geography Awareness Week: 13-19 November October 2016

Mapeo

Mapear tu propio patio trasero: historias de mapeadores de comunidades locales! May 2021

Mapping

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023
Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023
Mobile Methods Minimizing Malaria Cases in Eastern Burundi January 2021

MeetTheMapper

The Maps may be Missing, but We are Still Here – A Year of Blogs – Dec 2020 December 2020

MissingMaps

The "sweet spot" for research and Missing Maps collaborations September 2022
Le "Sweet Spot" pour les collaborations entre recherche et Missing Maps September 2022

Mobile Data Collection

Putting Guinea’s reproductive health issues on the map September 2016

Médecins Sans Frontières

Open data production session for resilience against severe Malaria of children 0-5 years organized by MSF August 2019

OSM

Mapping landcover with OSM Cameroon October 2022
Cartographier l’occupation du sol avec OSM Cameroun October 2022
OSM Geography Awareness Week: 13-19 November October 2016

OSM Stats

OpenStreetMap Country Stats June 2016

OSMAfrica

'The State of OpenStreetMap in Africa' – A Year of Blogs – Aug 2020 August 2020

OSMGeoWeek mapathon youthmappers mapgive missingmaps 100mapathons

OSM GeoWeek Thank You! November 2016

Open Data Kit

Supporting Open Data Kit January 2019

OpenDroneMap

POSM 0.9 - Passel of POSMs August 2019
Drones over Canaan, Haiti April 2018

OpenMapKit

Mapping for disaster risk reduction in Belize January 2019
West Africa Project End January 2017

OpenSignal

Mapping cell phone signals January 2017

OpenStreetMap

Remote Mapping in Malawi: Supporting Field Operations June 2023
Utilisation des données OSM pour cartographier les hotspots de risque de pollution atmosphérique à Martissant, Port-au-Prince, en réponse à l'augmentation des cas d'asthme November 2022
Using OSM data to map Air Pollution Risk hotspots in Martissant, Port-au-Prince in response to rising Asthma cases November 2022
Notes from Tanzania September 2018
Leaderboard 2.0 March 2018
$25,000 Grant to OpenStreetMap December 2017

OpenStreetMap Foundation

$25,000 Grant to OpenStreetMap December 2017

PADF

PADF in Guatemala March 2017

POSM

POSM 0.9 - Passel of POSMs August 2019
Mapping for disaster risk reduction in Belize January 2019
POSM 0.8 Big Changes September 2018
Building capacity in the Caribbean September 2017
Stop the spots: Measles vaccinations in Malawi August 2017
POSM 0.7: Faster and better than ever! July 2017
West Africa Project End January 2017

POSM guides

POSM Cloud February 2017

Pacific

The Maps may be Missing, but We are Still Here – A Year of Blogs – Dec 2020 December 2020

Partners

PADF in Guatemala March 2017
Missing Maps May 2016

Preparedness

'Leveraging Missing Maps for The Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (CP3) in Guinea' – A Year of Blogs – April 2020 April 2020

Project update

Missing Maps May 2016

Red Cross

Missing Maps Project awarded at the Red Cross Humanitarian Technology Awards – A Year of Blogs – Oct 2020 October 2020
Notes from Tanzania September 2018
Community Mapping in Viet Nam August 2018
Leaderboard 2.0 March 2018
$25,000 Grant to OpenStreetMap December 2017
Detailed drone and street-level imagery for mapping in the Philippines July 2017
Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017
Mapping cell phone signals January 2017
OSM Geography Awareness Week: 13-19 November October 2016
Putting Guinea’s reproductive health issues on the map September 2016
Mapping Every Detail August 2016
Trends of Transformation by Mapping in West Africa July 2016
Without Frontiers in Border Country June 2016
Water Access in Zimbabwe June 2016
Field Mapping at Scale in West Africa April 2016
Community mapping in Riohacha, Colombia March 2016
Fire Sensor Project September 2015

South Africa

Fire Sensor Project September 2015

TED

Congrats HOTOSM June 2020

Tanzania

Notes from Tanzania September 2018
Fighting FGM in Tanzania February 2017

Tech

What's new with MapSwipe August 2016
MapSwipe... Feeding back on your feedback July 2016
MapSwipe Tutorial July 2016
MapSwipe July 2016
Atom Feed July 2016
OpenStreetMap Country Stats June 2016

Turkey

Volunteers in Uganda and Turkey Rally to Support Refugees on World Refugee Day July 2017

Uganda

Volunteers in Uganda and Turkey Rally to Support Refugees on World Refugee Day July 2017

Validation

#ValidationFriday March 2017

Viet Nam

Community Mapping in Viet Nam August 2018

Voluntarios

Mapear tu propio patio trasero: historias de mapeadores de comunidades locales! May 2021

Volunteers

Leveraging MapSwipe to improve solid waste management in Mali: Sustaining livelihoods amidst COVID-19 shutdowns. February 2022
Mapping Your Own Backyard: Stories from Local Community Mappers May 2021
Missing Maps Website Upgrade! April 2021
Help to Grow MapSwipe by Joining the Collective – A Year of Blogs – Nov 2020 November 2020

Website

Missing Maps Website Upgrade! April 2021
Atom Feed July 2016

West Africa

West Africa Project End January 2017
Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017
Mapping cell phone signals January 2017
Mapping Every Detail August 2016
Trends of Transformation by Mapping in West Africa July 2016
Without Frontiers in Border Country June 2016
Field Mapping at Scale in West Africa April 2016

World Bank

Leveraging MapSwipe to improve solid waste management in Mali: Sustaining livelihoods amidst COVID-19 shutdowns. February 2022

Year-of-Blogs

'Anticipating and addressing epidemics' – A Year of Blogs – Sept 2020 September 2020
'The State of OpenStreetMap in Africa' – A Year of Blogs – Aug 2020 August 2020
'How to Host a Virtual Mapathon' – A Year of Blogs – July 2020 July 2020
'Developing baseline health facility data with Healthsites' – A Year of Blogs – May 2020 May 2020
'Leveraging Missing Maps for The Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (CP3) in Guinea' – A Year of Blogs – April 2020 April 2020
'Missing Maps in Canada? Canadian Red Cross Community Mapping' – A Year of Blogs – March 2020 March 2020
'MapSwipe: An Award Winner' - A Year of Blogs - February 2020 February 2020
‘Burundi anti-malaria campaign: Covering the gap’ - A Year of Blogs - January 2020 January 2020
‘OpenStreetMap and MapAction post Hurricane Dorian’ - A Year of Blogs - December 2019 December 2019

YouthMappers

Join us for our first YouthMappers Video Challenge! September 2017

Zimbabwe

Water Access in Zimbabwe June 2016

analog map

Participatory Mapping taken one step further - The new version of the Sketch Map Tool July 2023

belize

Mapping for disaster risk reduction in Belize January 2019

collaboration

The "sweet spot" for research and Missing Maps collaborations September 2022
Le "Sweet Spot" pour les collaborations entre recherche et Missing Maps September 2022

connectivity

Mapping cell phone signals January 2017

czech republic

‘Czech Tech Saving Lives’ - Inaugural Missing Maps hackathon for Czech Republic. A national first. October 2019

digital map

Participatory Mapping taken one step further - The new version of the Sketch Map Tool July 2023

displaced

Geodata guiding health interventions in IDP camps around Goma June 2023

drones

Mapping for disaster risk reduction in Belize January 2019
Drones over Canaan, Haiti April 2018

epidemics

'Anticipating and addressing epidemics' – A Year of Blogs – Sept 2020 September 2020

facebook data population RedCross

Facebook Collaboration November 2016

field mapping

Supporting a urban improvement project in precarious neighborhoods in Burkina Faso May 2019
4 weeks in Madagascar with OSM-Mada & PHF/PHM - Disaster Risk Reduction project April 2018

geoweek

Thank You! – GeoWeek 2017 December 2017
OSM in West Africa: The Mapping Continues November 2017

hackaton

‘Czech Tech Saving Lives’ - Inaugural Missing Maps hackathon for Czech Republic. A national first. October 2019

healthsites

'Developing baseline health facility data with Healthsites' – A Year of Blogs – May 2020 May 2020

imagery

Detailed drone and street-level imagery for mapping in the Philippines July 2017

mobile data collection

Supporting Open Data Kit January 2019

myanmar

One Map Myanmar and Phandeeyar September 2018

open source

Supporting Open Data Kit January 2019

osmAnd

Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017

participatory mapping

Participatory Mapping taken one step further - The new version of the Sketch Map Tool July 2023

partner pages

Partner Pages November 2016

partners

Mapping landcover with OSM Cameroon October 2022
Cartographier l’occupation du sol avec OSM Cameroun October 2022
Détection des changements avec MapSwipe en réponse au cyclone Batsirai, Madagascar 2022 August 2022
MapSwipe change detection analysis in response to Cyclone Batsirai Madagascar 2022 August 2022

project update

Supporting a urban improvement project in precarious neighborhoods in Burkina Faso May 2019
4 weeks in Madagascar with OSM-Mada & PHF/PHM - Disaster Risk Reduction project April 2018

remote mapathons

'How to Host a Virtual Mapathon' – A Year of Blogs – July 2020 July 2020

research

The "sweet spot" for research and Missing Maps collaborations September 2022
Le "Sweet Spot" pour les collaborations entre recherche et Missing Maps September 2022

roads

Roads less traveled... all 72,000 km of them January 2017

sketch tool

Participatory Mapping taken one step further - The new version of the Sketch Map Tool July 2023

stats

‘Happy 5th Birthday!’ - Missing Maps Turns 5 & the Launch of A Year of Blogs! November 2019
Two Year Update January 2017

task

#ValidationFriday March 2017

tech

‘Czech Tech Saving Lives’ - Inaugural Missing Maps hackathon for Czech Republic. A national first. October 2019

thank you

‘Happy 5th Birthday!’ - Missing Maps Turns 5 & the Launch of A Year of Blogs! November 2019

update

Two Year Update January 2017