Oct 02 2017
Volunteers Mapping Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
crowdsourcing
disaster mapping
humanitarian
hurricane maria
hurricanes
puerto rico
weather and climate
When disaster strikes, crowdmapping kicks into high gear. Last Friday, six universities hosted mapathons where volunteers, using satellite imagery, contributed to the map of Puerto Rico and other hurricane-damaged areas on OpenStreetMap. More from one of the universities involved. Here’s the relevant project page on the OSM Wiki.