Displacement & Safe Migration
Conflict, persecution, violence, and natural disasters have caused a record 100 million people worldwide to be displaced (UNHCR May 2022). Humanitarian organizations and governments require accurate geospatial data to locate and understand the needs of displaced communities, identify potential risks, enable better coordination and resource allocation, and ensure that assistance reaches those who need it most. Open mapping helps us co-develop understanding together, which enables humanitarian, development, and community organizations to take more informed and locally appropriate action.
List of Projects
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Since 2015, HOT has addressed Uganda’s dynamic refugee crisis with open-source tools, mapping 1.5M buildings and 36,000 km of roads, and training over 20 partners to enhance data usability for humanitarian interventions.
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HOT Uganda Community Surveyors mapped over eleven thousand geopoints in Northern Uganda, significantly improving the response to the South Sudanese refugee crisis with essential, actionable maps.
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HOT collaborates with Development Seed and Oregon State University to create a global database of informal settlements using crowdsourced data, machine learning, and satellite imagery to support SDGs and disaster risk reduction.
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HOT's Open Mapping Hub partnered with the Latin American Autonomous University to host a workshop on Population, Mobilization, and Territory Mapping in Medellín, resulting in 15 organizations conducting thematic mappings that enhanced community empowerment and strengthened advocacy for territorial rights and peacebuilding.
