Hi All, This email should have probably been sent a while ago. I apologize. The Missing Maps Project(1) began as a rather informal collaboration and has blossomed into much more. I hope with this email to clear up some confusion and to inform you more about the project as the HOT community. Some of you have being very involved in it from the beginning, others are probably finding out about it for the first time now. Or perhaps you’ve read some of the press coverage that has already been received(2).
The Missing Maps Project is an initiative begun by the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and Médecins Sans Frontières UK. The mission of Missing Maps to is to map the most vulnerable people in the world with a goal of putting 20 million people on the map in the next two years this is beyond the normal work that HOT traditionally and currently is doing. Though founded by 4 organizations we are looking for others to join us to help with this goal. Individuals, educational institutions, civil society groups and other NGOs we need your help. Mapping is occurring through remote volunteering as well as mapping on the ground, is your community currently missing from the map? The official launch of the Missing Maps Project will be taking place on this 7th of November, the main launch occurring in London. Missing Maps mapathons are already taking place. If you are interested in hosting a Missing Maps event either in conjunction with the launch or soon after please get in touch. Together we can put communities on the map. Best, -Kate (1) http://www.missingmaps.org/ (2) http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org> | twitter <http://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <http://facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate>
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