OpenStreetMap aimed to create a free and open map of Palestine by crowdsourcing mapping contributions. They found that existing maps were expensive, outdated, incomplete or politically biased. The project partnered with local organizations to test mapping on the ground and collect existing data. It then conducted a successful fundraising campaign to obtain aerial imagery in order to rapidly map roads and points of interest across the West Bank and Gaza.

1. OpenStreetMap in Palestine Mikel Maron, OSM Foundation Ignite CrisisCamp 2009 May 26

3. Maps and Data are Expensive, Wrong, Not Everywhere

4. OSM in Govt & Corps Development &UN

5. JumpStart Mapping Palestine

6. we are missing Neutral Geographic Context http://www.flickr.com/photos/discoste/3069220022/

7. Bethlehem August 2008 Engineers without Borders Engineering Association

8. Testing Our Mapping Assumptions

9. From Hebron to Ramallah to Jenin

10. Partners Atlas, NC4D, ARIJ, PCBS, Relief Intl

11. Gaza January 2009 no decent maps anywhere

12. Call out for help

13. Tidal wave of crowdsourcing

14. Collect existing data sources and free data UN, Commercial, NGO, EU, Wikipedia, USA, News

15. Fundraiser for Imagery 5k GBP in days 2m, mid-January from Digital Globe

16. JumpStart enters Gaza in March

17. Gaza City today

18. Applications and Use Nationalized Routing

19. H.O.T Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

20. Complete Roads and POI in West Bank and Gaza