OSM Mapping of Building Damage in Mayotte Following Chido: New Indicators and Initial Findings

Strengthening the Methodological Approach In my previous post about mapping building damage in Mayotte, I announced my intention to compare damage assessed in OpenStreetMap (OSM) using post-disaster Pleiades imagery with other datasets. I also plan to promote...

OSM mapping of building damage in Mayotte following Chido

OSM mapping of building damage in Mayotte after cyclone Chido On December 14, 2024, Mayotte was hit by Cyclone Chido, the most violent cyclone to hit the island in over 50 years. IGN quickly released Pleiades imagery taken on December 17, 18, 20, 21 and 24, and...

OSM data in English, but also in French, accessible in IFL for French-speaking countries in the South

Downloadable OSM data with attributes in a language other than English, not with a web service, but with a platform dedicated to sharing geographic data and metadata, where you can understand, view, query and filter before downloading: that's what this ETL (Extract,...

November 23, 2019: A look back at a special day for OpenStreetMap, digital commons, and mobility in the Global South

The “OpenStreetMap4Transport” (o4t) day on November 23, 2019, at the State of the Map Africa 2019 conference in Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) will mark an important milestone for stakeholders in the digital commons and mobility sectors in French-speaking countries of the...
Volunteer mission to build OSM capacity and assess road accessibility in areas affected by Hurricane Mathieu in Haiti

Background: Hurricane Matthieu and the Effort to Involve Haitian OSM Communities in the Crisis Response When Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, we co-organized a remote crisis response from Bouaké to...