Impact Areas
Impact areas connect open mapping with real world applications through spatial data use in the humanitarian and development sectors. Each impact area at HOT provides a framework for technical and subject matter expertise for partnerships, grantmaking, and community support.
Disaster Response
Responding to the impacts of rapid onset and prolonged natural disasters.
Climate Resilience & Sustainability
Preparedness, anticipatory action, risk reduction; service delivery and infrastructure in disadvantaged urban and rural areas, ecosystem management, and more
Public Health
Accessible healthcare infrastructure and informed public health programming and monitoring.
Displacement & Safe Migration
Coordinated service delivery for migrants and displaced people in transit, camp settings, and other informal contexts.
Gender Equality
Promoting equal access and participation in open mapping, with an improved understanding and accounting of gendered experiences & issues in all impact areas.
