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To receive future editions directly in your inbox when they are released: https://hotosm.org/newsletter/subscription Tyler *Edition 2* *OSM GeoWeek: 100 Mapathons Demonstrate the Power of Maps!* *Global* - OSM GeoWeek was held on Nov 15-21, 2015 across the globe with nearly 100 mapathons engaging over 1300 volunteers. An astounding 2 million edits were made over the course of GeoWeek. Special thanks to the American Red Cross, Kathmandu Living Labs, MapGive, Médecins Sans Frontières, all the Missing Maps members and partners, National Geographic, Peace Corps, and USAID for their support to take mapping to a tremendous, global scale. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=b43e8e04a2&e=3f723cc482> *#GivingTuesday Raffle Prize Winners* Congratulations to our GivingTuesday UNselfie raffle winners promoting the on-going #mapthedifference awareness campaign: Matthew Gibb, Dan Joseph, Grace Kim, Christian Gort and Affix Magazine. *Executive Director's Corner* HOT reached many new highs in 2015: the largest and most complex disaster response activation to date (Nepal earthquake), the most number of volunteers (8000+), and the launch of new and exciting tech tools such as OpenAerialMap. With these successes come many opportunities for 2016—and also some challenges. As HOT moves into 2016, a prime focus area will be continuing to improve the services we provide to partners, OSM communities and humanitarian mapping groups worldwide. We can only get there through your continued generous support. In November and December, our global community is celebrating Thanksgiving, Bodhi Day, Hanukkah, Eid-e-Milad, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and many other local and regional holidays. I'm taking this time to reflect on our success in 2015 and ask for your help in reaching our goals in 2016. When you make a donation to HOT this holiday season, you'll be joining over 200 others who have already given back. It takes only two minutes and making a contribution to an organization you care about is a wonderful way to end the year. Please visit *donate.hotosm.org* <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=58b57807d5&e=3f723cc482> today. *- Tyler Radford* *Community Building* *JAKARTA, Indonesia *- Nearly four years ago, HOT's Indonesia project began with a focus on data preparedness and disaster risk reduction. Since then, HOT Indonesia has trained over 2,500 people on OSM, QGIS and Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies (InaSAFE <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=a0e8aedb07&e=3f723cc482>), an open source QGIS extension that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios to support data-driven response preparedness. A new OSM Hub will be established in East Indonesia in 2016. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=ff582b06d8&e=3f723cc482> *KAMPALA, Uganda* - A 6-month pilot program will kickoff in December 2015 to develop a data collection methodology that is inexpensive and allows for frequent collection of financial services available to the community. The program will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of student and community volunteers as they are trained and equipped with the necessary skills and tools. An import of health facility and school locations will also be part of the project. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=96a4030c15&e=3f723cc482> Disaster Mapping *Mexico - *Hurricane Patricia made landfall in Puerto Vallarta on Oct 23. HOT quickly mobilized to map vulnerable coastal and inland areas in anticipation of potential landslides, floods or other post-hurricane hazards. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=1854fad05f&e=3f723cc482> *Eastern Afghanistan* - On Oct. 26, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Eastern Afghanistan. Mapbox provided satellite imagery for priority provinces of Nangarhar, Badakshan and Takhar to support the HOT activation. 245 volunteers created 412,357 map changes over the activation period. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=c787402031&e=3f723cc482> Tech Development Benjamin Herfort, of Disaster Mappers, shares how to create microtasking application in PyBossa. Read more <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=639c28b6cf&e=3f723cc482> O <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=ac6e454b0c&e=3f723cc482>penAerialMap (OAM) <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=229ea7ffa5&e=3f723cc482>, innovation developed by HOT through a grant by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund, is the single place to access open imagery. HOT in the News - Data & Drones Combat Dar’s Flood <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=998c26fd6a&e=3f723cc482> - Video: Data & Drones Combat Dar's Flood <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=07cff783a5&e=3f723cc482> - Drowning Megacities <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=007095432c&e=3f723cc482> - Hot recognized as Nominet Trust 100 finalist for Ebola response <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=78454a8431&e=3f723cc482> *Thank You To Our Crowdfunding Donors:* To date, *221 supporters have raised $23,915* for HOT and *Mapbox *has matched the first $10,000 in donations. It's not too late to support HOT! Help us meet our goal by December 31! <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=d0b1e889ca&e=3f723cc482> *Volunteer Call to Action* Uganda: Kampala Community Mapping <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=498fbd0754&e=3f723cc482> Swaziland: Missing Maps Malaria Elimination <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=3e1247ee3c&e=3f723cc482> Mozambique: HIV retroviral therapy access (Missing Maps and MSF) <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=d2b927c748&e=3f723cc482> Northeast Nigeria: Complex humanitarian crisis in Fotokol/Gambaru Region <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=b8e57a0ff7&e=3f723cc482> Senegal - Aere Lao Base Map (Peace Corps) <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=e8f89ed6d6&e=3f723cc482> *Upcoming Events* *30-31 January* FOSDEM 2016 - Brussels <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=954df05423&e=3f723cc482> Visit HOT's table. *1-4 February* Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week - Geneva <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=02f98f842d&e=3f723cc482> *Global HOT Community* *Bangalore* - Mikel Maron shares "A Brief History of HOT <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=e84efb4be4&e=3f723cc482>" with GeoBLR *Doha* - Sajjad Anwar discusses Turf.js and Tile Reduce at the Digital Humanitarian Workshop <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=857f4ba3c8&e=3f723cc482> hosted by QCRI *Dar es Salaam* - Ramani Huria presents at GIS Day <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=366ca7be4d&e=3f723cc482> at the University of Dar es Salaam *Dhaka* - OSM Bangladesh work on local/remote mapping and uniform tag list through the Tasking Manager during Victory Day Mapathon <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=bcfc40a632&e=3f723cc482> *Mapping Tip: Round Buildings* [image: Mapping Round Buildings in OSM with the iD Editor] <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=567216b158&e=3f723cc482> *Partner Spotlight* *Mapping Platform for Developers* <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=e1059b7f15&e=3f723cc482> *Volunteer Spotlight* *Katja Ulbert **is HOT's resident graphics guru, lending her expertise to redesign HOT's website and create beautiful graphics* <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=02e2c21c9f&e=3f723cc482> *HOT welcomes Outreachy Intern Moriah Ellig **will be assisting Katja Ulbert and Felix Delattre to redesign the HOT website* <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=32e81b8127&e=3f723cc482> <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=6db7859f78&e=3f723cc482> <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=7b0dee9240&e=3f723cc482> <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=6802d3376e&e=3f723cc482> *Copyright © 2015 Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, All rights reserved.* Test *Our mailing address is:* Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team 1110 Vermont Ave NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 Add us to your address book <http://openstreetmap.us9.list-manage.com/vcard?u=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&id=274219f191> [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=5191e27b207136970f2a9ec1b&afl=1>
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