Within the framework of International Women’s Day 2023, the Open Mapping Hub of Latin America and the Caribbean jointly organized with the OpenLabEc the conversation called “Women, Maps and Data”, which was held on Thursday, March 9.
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América Abierta 2022, the challenge of open data
Photo (and the following photos) taken from the album America Abierta (2022) of the Open Government Partnership’s Flickr account, published under a CC Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license.
During the last week of September it was held in Sant…
América Abierta 2022, el reto de los datos abiertos
Foto (y las siguientes) tomada del album America Abierta (2022) de la cuenta Flickr de Open Government Partnership bajo una licencia CC Atribución 2.0 Genérica (CC BY 2.0).
Durante la última semana de setiembre se realizó en Santo Domingo, República…
Hub de Mapeo Abierto en LATAM – Actualización mayo 2022
A principios de 2022, dimos comienzo a la fase “Alfa” para aprender y co-diseñar lo que un Hub de Mapeo Abierto al servicio de América Latina podría ser y hacer.
How You Can Lead from Where You Are
Leadership reflection from World Relief Chicagoland Executive Director Susan Sperry. At World Relief, we regularly say that we want to create communities of love and welcome. I believe that this is an important vision. In fact, it’s a guiding idea that has motivated much of my own decision-making and sense of calling in my life…
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New open mapping actors in Ecuador
On April 16, 2016, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Ecuador, leaving a large number of dead and homeless, and generating a humanitarian emergency. Among the aid actions deployed, the joint action between Mapping Ecuador and HOT allowed for a better detailed mapping of the affected areas, especially “roads, towns, villages, to coordinate the aid efforts of government institutions and the rescue initiatives of civil society.”
Nuevos actores del mapeo abierto en Ecuador
El 16 de abril del 2016 un terremoto de grado 7.8 sacudió Ecuador dejando una gran cantidad de muertos y damnificados, y generando una emergencia humanitaria. Entre las acciones de ayuda desplegadas, la acción conjunta entre Mapping Ecuador y HOT permitió cartografiar a un mejor detalle las zonas afectadas, sobre todo “caminos, pueblos, aldeas, para coordinar los esfuerzos de ayuda de las instituciones gubernamentales y las iniciativas de rescate de la sociedad civil”.