Emilio Mariscal
Senior Technical Product Owner
Emilio (Emi) has 20+ years of experience working on software design & development. He is currently serving as Senior Engineer/Developer @ HOT.
He worked in the private sector for a long time, designing and coding user interfaces and then software for the health care industry. He also worked with geospatial data, body movement analysis using AI tools, and both creating and implementing free software tools.
Emi is a volunteer firefighter in a rural town in Argentina, where he works mostly on wildfires, forest protection, wildland rescue and mapping.
Languages: Spanish, English, JavaScript, Python, C++.
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May 13, 2024
Training Open Mapping Tech for Wildfires in Córdoba, Argentina: Workshop in Unión de Los Ríos
On April 1 2024, we did a workshop called “Open Mapping for Inclusive and Sustainable Development. Mapping Tech in Wildland Areas: Forest Fires Edition” in Unión de Los Ríos, Córdoba, Argentina.
Sept. 11, 2024
On the Front Line of Climate Change: End-to-End Open Mapping Tech for Wildfires
Climate change has led to an increase in wildfire season length, wildfire frequency, and burned areas around the world. The wildfire season has lengthened in many areas due to factors including warmer springs, longer summer dry seasons, and drier soils and vegetation. Given this context, people from the Alpa Corral region in Córdoba, Argentina, who want to protect our native forests and towns, met from July 26 to 28 to see how the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team’s End-to-End Open Mapping Tech can help people prepare themselves to face disasters together.
Dec. 12, 2024
Humanitarian Mapping with WhatsApp: Introducing ChatMap
ChatMap, turns WhatsApp chats into instant maps, extracting location data and messages. Ideal for disaster-prone areas, it enhances communities with limited tech skills, even offline.
July 3, 2025
On the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: A Journey to the Bolivian Amazon
In Sapecho, Bolivia, Indigenous communities, park rangers, and firefighters come together in an open mapping workshop to prevent wildfires and manage their territory with humanitarian technology.
July 8, 2025
Scaling HOT's uMap: Exciting Updates for Humanitarian Geospatial Data Visualization and Use
In this post, Emilio Mariscal, HOT's Software Engineering Manager, explores why and how we are expanding HOT's uMap to improve geospatial data visualization and use for humanitarian and community development purposes.
