The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and its vision to put the most vulnerable people on the map is almost as old as OpenStreetMap (OSM) itself. Over the past 10 years HOT as an organization has focused on programmatic funding and work to accomplish this goal. We are delighted to learn that the Audacious Project is supporting HOT to continue to nourish the growing OSM community globally for humanitarian and development response. This will allow the HOT community and organization to work towards that vision on its own terms and with a longer horizon in mind.

When HOT was envisioned the community network dreamed that mapping would be very local and support humanitarian action.

“The Audacious Project is an initiative that shows what humanity can accomplish when bold ideas meet visionary, generous supporters. Now in its second year, The Audacious Project invites visionary social entrepreneurs and nonprofits to dream big — and helps to shape those dreams into multi-year plans that are both viable and sustainable. The project then invites its coalition of partners — which includes leading nonprofits and individual donors, along with the public — to pool their resources and work together in service of these ambitious ideas. The goal is to amplify the impact of the world’s change-makers and change-funders, and move forward ideas with the potential to impact lives at thrilling scale. The Audacious Project is housed at TED, the nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” About Audicious Project

HOT and Local Communities

HOT’s Announcement

HOT FAQs

HOT will use this to invest in local mapping communities, improved data and technology and supporting the overall connection between people and their map. We are excited that HOT will be able to invest in OSM and open source community development around the world. They aim to be a good citizen of the OSM project while providing local sustainable and peer-to-peer distributive networks. HOT’s commitment to communities mapping themselves shows how we might support OSM to someday represent the whole world.

The openness to meet with and grow with the community is key to the success in realizing the goals of the Audacious Project. We are delighted to support this vision.

Congratulations to HOT and OSM. Thank you, Audacious project.

HOT Members and OSMF members * Kate Chapman, Co-Founder and Former Executive Director of HOT and previous OpenStreetMap Foundation Board Member * Heather Leson, Past Board Member and Past-President of HOT and previous OpenStreetMap Foundation Board Member