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HOT collaborates with a wide range of organizations and individuals. Through training, shared expertise, and large-scale volunteering, we help organizations run remote and field data collection campaigns and improve the way they use open geospatial data and tools.

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Working Groups are spaces to collaborate and share ideas with a global network of humanitarian open mapping community leaders, contributors, and promoters. Check out the working groups to better understand their function and how to get involved.

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Join the community online via Slack, our OSM Mailing list or discuss open mapping with the wider OSM community via the OpenStreetMap Community Forum. On either platform, you can join topic-based channels to hear about what is going on, ask questions, or communicate with community members.

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Community Working Group Event

Dec. 20, 2025, 1 p.m. UTC

June 5, 2024, 2:30 p.m. UTC


HOT Community Working Group - End of Year Party 2025

The HOT Community WG invites you to our End of Year Party where we’ll look back at our collective achievements in 2025, enjoy presentations from mentorship legacy projects, and celebrate 15 years of HOT and the incredible community that made it all possible.


Community Working Group Event

Dec. 20, 2025, 1 p.m. UTC

June 5, 2024, 2:30 p.m. UTC


HOT Community Working Group - End of Year Party 2025

The HOT Community WG invites you to our End of Year Party where we’ll look back at our collective achievements in 2025, enjoy presentations from mentorship legacy projects, and celebrate 15 years of HOT and the incredible community that made it all possible.

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