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Using OpenStreetMap to respond to disasters before they happen

OpenStreetMap conference presentation

Kate Chapman, executive director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, gave Tuesday's keynote at Linux.conf.au about preparing and responding for disasters with the help of communities. » Read more

2 CommentsPosted 9 Jan 2014 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

Coding for good: Highlights from the open source humanitarian movement

open source lightning talks

HFOSS, Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software, is a movement inspired first by the December 2004 Asian tsunami, and then by other humanitarian needs in the health, civic, finance and academic sectors (especially for women and people of color).

Leslie Hawthorn, part of Red Hat's Community Action and Impact team, gives example after example of how HFOSS has improved and made possible disaster preparedness and relief programs, as well as empowered other projects: » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 28 Sep 2012 by Leslie Hawthorn

Open data for humanitarian relief with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

It's HOT in Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, and other nations around the world. Why? Because Kate Chapman, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), and many volunteers are improving local economies and creating an open map of the world. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 18 Jul 2011 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)