OpenStreetMap engages local and global mapping communities through activities like mapping parties, education, and crisis mapping. At a local level, mapping communities involve institutions, government agencies, universities, and businesses. Globally, over 1 million users collaborate internationally to create and use open source map data and tools, particularly for crisis response like Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. Communities are part of an ecosystem that develops, contributes to, and uses open map data.

1. OPENSTREET
MAP
Jeff Haack – Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES

2. What is a mapping community?
At a local level:
 Mapping parties
 Education (learning new skills)
 Institutions
 Government (local, national
agencies)
 Education (universities,
curriculum
 Business (using the OSM
resource to build useful
applications)

3. Community
 More than 1,000,000 registered
users

4. Mapping Parties
 Get together
 Break into
teams
 Go map!
 Edit
 Socialize

5. Education
 Open data in research
 Open data in geography, urban
planning, GIS departments
 University trainings
 Educational Curriculum

6. Collaborative Ecosystem
...
...
 Users of data
 Contributors to data
 Community Developers
 Local Communities
 Individuals
 Business
 Academia
 Government

7. What is a mapping community?
At a global level:
 International collaboration
 Global data
 Open source tools
 Crisis Mapping

8. Crisis Mapping
Cyclone
Pam
Vanuatu
source: cnn.com

9. Crisis Mapping
Community
Activation

10. Crisis Mapping

11. Crisis Mapping

13. THANK YOU!
Jeff Haack – Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
JEFF.HAACK@HOTOSM.ORG