Customer HOT applies the principle of open source and open data sharing to humanitarian response and economic development. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is one of the world’s most technically effective humanitarian groups, specialising in collaborative mapping for disaster preparation, response and recovery. A US based charity, HOT acts as the interface between the OpenStreetMap community and relief organisations, providing remote data creation during crises, collecting and organising existing data sources and supporting deployments to the field. The OpenStreetMap community is a collection of volunteers that use a variety of freely available geographic data such as aerial photography, satellite imagery and low tech field devices, including GPS, to map featu

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