How State of the Map US 2015 inspired State of the Map Africa in 2017 and how local OSM communities in Africa are joining hands using OpenStreetMap to solve local problems and develop the digital economy.

1. State of the Map Africa
Geoffrey Kateregga
@kateregga1

2. OSM Africa
OpenStreetMap @13

3. Data is the Oil of the 21st Century!
There is a huge opportunity for OSM
in Africa….

4. Growth of OpenStreetMap in Africa.

5. Humanitarian Mapping
Mapping for Ebola, Floods, Landslides, etc

6. Local OSM Communities
● Mapathons
● Mapping parties
● Trainings

7. Universities
● Internship programs
● Youth Mappers chapters

8. Governments
● Importing official government data into
OSM
● Using Open Source tools to promote
Open Data

9. OSM Africa - A network of
OpenStreetMap communities from
all over Africa working together to
grow OSM in Africa.

11. #SOTMUS 2015 NYC

12. 2 Years later!

13. State of the Map Africa 2017

14. State of the Map Africa 2017
● Create Continental Collaboration on
OpenStreetMap
● Establish OpenStreetMap Africa
● Showcase the possibilities of
OpenStreetMap to organisations,
government and businesses

15. SotM Africa Working Groups
● Venue Selection Committee
● Fundraising Committee
● Programs Committee
● Communications Committee
● Scholarships Committee
● Local Organising Committee
Weekly Meetings, Consultations from
OSM Foundation, OpenStreetMap US, HOT

16. Sponsors
48 Scholars
from 24
different African
countries

17. SotM Africa 2017 attendance -
149 participants

18. State of the Map Africa
Key Highlights

19. A network of chapters at Universities
using open mapping for resilience

20. @Crowd2Map - Tanzania:
Maps are helping girls escape
female genital cutting
Tanzanian girls at a safe house in Mugumu, Serengeti district. Photograph: Megan Abbott

21. @RamaniHuria - Tanzania:
Community Mapping for Flood
Resilience

22. @OSMGhana
AccraMobile3
using
OpenStreetMap
to map
TroTro routes
in Accra

23. Mapping for Malaria Elimination -
Digital Globe, the Clinton Health Access Initiative
and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Mapping over
500 Sq Km

24. Uganda
Crowdsourcing
non-camp
refugee data

25. Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
is hosting OpenStreetMap datasets for
administrative boundaries, buildings,
points of interest, roads and waterways.

26. #MapLesotho - Using OpenStreetMap for
Land management and effective Physical
Planning

27. OpenStreetMap Girls - Women
Empowerment #womenintechnology
#letgirlsmap

28. Mapillary - Crowdsourced street
level photos for everyone

29. OpenStreetMap Soccer
Uganda Vs Rest of the World
Result - Uganda 0 : 2 Rest of the World

30. Other events this year
● State of the Map Cameroun 2017
1st - 3rd December
● State of the Map Tanzania 2017
8th - 10th December

31. FOSS4G 2018 Dar es Salaam:
An opportunity for boosting the
Geospatial Ecosystem
27th August - 2nd September 208
@FOSS4G
http://2018.foss4g.org/

32. What next for OSM Africa??
● Strengthen OSM Africa through working groups
● Get more involved in the OSM foundation
● Start early preparations for the next SotM Africa
● Collaborate on projects

33. Join us!
To map each and every corner of Africa
@OSMAfrica
@sotmafrica
Thank You!