Missing Maps
Details of the organization
Name *
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Country *
United States of America
Website (URL)
http://hotosm.org
Type *
International organizations
Information about the project
Project title *
Missing Maps
Description *
Each year natural disasters and disease epidemics kill tens of thousands and displace millions of people. Many of the places where these disasters occur are 'missing' from any map. First responders lack information to make decisions for relief efforts. Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project to put communities on the map. We crowdsource volunteers to digitally map missing areas to provide humanitarian organisations and governments with the information needed to address these problems.
Project website
http://www.missingmaps.org
Geographical coverage *
International implementation
Countries of implementation
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burundi, Benin, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Canada, Chad (Republic of), Chile, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Gambia (Republic of the), Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Mali, Malawi, Mongolia, Montserrat, Namibia, Nepal (Republic of), Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Turkey, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/01/2018
to
01/01/2025
Partners
American Red Cross British Red Cross Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Netherlands Red Cross Canadian Red Cross Clinton Health Access Initiative CartONG Heidelberg University George Washington University Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) MapAction Concern Worldwide YouthMappers Healthsites
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Access to information and knowledge
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Project