Tools & Resources
What is Open Mapping?
Open mapping is a global movement to create free and open geographic data, grounded in open source principles and data protection. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team serves as a platform that fosters community building, collaboration and development of resources to contribute to the movement. A core part of the movement is OpenStreetMap (OSM), an independent and crowdsourced project to map the world driven by a growing community of mappers.
There are many open source tools available to use in your end to end mapping workflows, and resources to use OSM and other open data to better share and utilize data for better decisions. HOT contributes to the open source mapping community as part of HOT’s product suite. If you are interested in contributing or repurposing our tools, you can access all our code, documentation, and other resources on GitHub.
Open Mapping Solutions
Open source tools are available to support mapping workflows from data management designs and collection to analysis and visualization. We have compiled a list of tools for use at every stage of open mapping, including tools to better utilize OpenStreetMap and other open data sources into your data workflows.
HOT’s Tech Product Suite
HOT develops open-source solutions to enable everyone to create and use open mapping data, focusing on how we can lower the barrier to entry for everyone to do so. HOT works in collaboration with volunteers and other supporters that also value free and open software and data.
New to open mapping or wondering how to incorporate more open data into your workflows? Our resources and training are your starting points to learn more about open mapping movement and OpenStreetMap.
