Impact Areas
Impact areas connect open mapping and OpenStreetMap (OSM) with real world applications in the humanitarian and development sectors.
HOT’s work is global in scale and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our Monitoring and Evaluation framework is constantly evolving to ensure tangible and measurable impact. Check out our core impact areas and learn more about where we’re making a difference.
Solving global challenges requires an understanding of our physical environment that is grounded in direct knowledge and observations. Open mapping helps us build that understanding together, which enables humanitarian, development, and community organizations to take more informed and locally appropriate action. 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
Preparedness, anticipatory action, risk reduction; and responding to the impacts of rapid onset and prolonged natural disasters.
Climate Resilience & Sustainability
Service delivery and infrastructure in disadvantaged urban and rural areas, including transportation, water and sanitation, and energy.
Public Health
Accessible healthcare infrastructure and informed public health programming and monitoring.
Displacement & Safe Migration
Coordinated service delivery for migrants and people displaced from home in transit, camp settings, and other informal contexts.
Gender Equality
Equal access and participation in open mapping. Improved understanding and accounting of gendered experiences & issues in all impact areas.
